Question follow-through · 90131

Repatriation: Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2025 to Question 88185 on Hadush Kebatu, what operational guidance her Department has issued to prevent small discretionary payments from being used as (a) induce

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
12 Nov 2025
Target answer date
17 Nov 2025
Answer
18 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 12 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2025 to Question 88185 on Hadush Kebatu, what operational guidance her Department has issued to prevent small discretionary payments from being used as (a) induce

  2. 17 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    All discretionary payments must go through a clearance process. Operational managers take into consideration the cost of returning someone to their final place of stay and supporting welfare and safety.As always with expenditure on returns, these one-off ...

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