Question follow-through · 87945

Asylum: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times a court has cited (a) Article 3 and (b) Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights as a reason for the non-deportation of an asylum seeker in the last 12 months.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
4 Nov 2025
Target answer date
11 Nov 2025
Answer
17 Nov 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times a court has cited (a) Article 3 and (b) Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights as a reason for the non-deportation of an asylum seeker in the last 12 months.

  2. 11 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The information requested is not held centrally. It may be held in court records, but to determine that and obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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