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Question follow-through · 54430

Undocumented Migrants: Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who arrived in the UK by small boat in the last 12 months have criminal records in their countries of origin.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
22 May 2025
Target answer date
2 Jun 2025
Answer
9 Jun 2025 · 18 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who arrived in the UK by small boat in the last 12 months have criminal records in their countries of origin.

  2. 2 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    Security and identity checks are carried out in respect of all small boat arrivals including criminality checks on UK databases for, amongst other things, convictions, pending prosecutions and wanted or missing reports. Further checks on criminality depen...

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Possible follow-up questions

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30 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the (a) cultural and (b) religious backgrounds of grooming gang offenders.

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Undocumented Migrants: Offenders

12 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54430 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, how many people arriving in small boats have been found to have (a) convictions, (b) pending prosecut

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Undocumented Migrants: Offenders

12 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54430 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, how many and what proportion of people arriving by small boat undergo further checks on criminality.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Undocumented Migrants: Offenders

12 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54430 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, what steps her Department is taking to remove small boat arrivals who fail criminality checks.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Offenders: Foreign Nationals

1 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of foreign national offenders who have attempted to return to the UK after being deported.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Undocumented Migrants

14 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals with no legal right to remain in the UK are in receipt of (a) accommodation and (b) subsistence.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Undocumented Migrants

14 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential (a) economic and (b) social impact of uncontrolled migration on communities.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Immigration

14 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to review (a) citizenship and (b) settlement criteria to place greater emphasis on (i) cultural integration and (ii) long-term contribution to the UK.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Offenders: Deportation

14 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders are living in the UK and have received deportation orders.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Broxbourne

29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many properties have been procured by (a) her Department and (b) contracted companies to serve as dispersal housing for asylum seekers in Broxbourne constituency.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Housing

29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of using dispersal accommodation for asylum seekers on the availability of housing for British citizens.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Housing

29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the proximity of (a) schools and (b) other youth facilities is taken into account when procuring dispersal accommodation.