Question follow-through · 74868

Deportation: European Convention on Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deportations have been delayed as a result of injunctions granted by domestic courts citing the European Convention on Human Rights in each of the last five years.

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
3 Sept 2025
Target answer date
8 Sept 2025
Answer
26 Sept 2025 · 23 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deportations have been delayed as a result of injunctions granted by domestic courts citing the European Convention on Human Rights in each of the last five years.

  2. 8 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 26 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The information requested, regarding the number of delayed deportations of foreign national offenders (FNOs) as a result of challenges under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and injunctions granted by domestic courts citing the Europea...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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