Question follow-through · 67423

People Smuggling: Organised Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the (a) joint working arrangements and (b) enforcement plans to help tackle people smuggling gangs that were agreed with France on 27 February 2025

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
14 Jul 2025
Target answer date
16 Jul 2025
Answer
24 Jul 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 14 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the (a) joint working arrangements and (b) enforcement plans to help tackle people smuggling gangs that were agreed with France on 27 February 2025

  2. 16 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the Hon Member to the oral statement made to the House by the Home Secretary on 14 July.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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