Question follow-through · 65508

Immigration Officers: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of immigration officials that have been successfully prosecuted for committing (a) immigration and (b) bribery offences since 2020, broken down by n

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Home Office
Tabled
7 Jul 2025
Target answer date
9 Jul 2025
Answer
15 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of immigration officials that have been successfully prosecuted for committing (a) immigration and (b) bribery offences since 2020, broken down by n

  2. 9 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 15 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    Since 1 January 2020 there have been four immigration officials successfully prosecuted for bribery and immigration offences following a Home Office investigation. Three of these officials were prosecuted for Immigration offences. One was prosecuted for B...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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