Question follow-through · 58591
Undocumented Migrants: Cheshire
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who arrived illegally into the UK (a) in total and (b) who are housed in Cheshire had their biometrics taken upon entry into the country in the last 12 months.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 10 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 17 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who arrived illegally into the UK (a) in total and (b) who are housed in Cheshire had their biometrics taken upon entry into the country in the last 12 months.
12 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jun 2025
Answer published
Obtaining the specific information requested would involve collating and verifying information from multiple systems owned by multiple teams across the Home Office and, therefore, could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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