Question follow-through · 98706
Undocumented Migrants: Offenders
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of migrants that arrived in the UK by small boat that possess a criminal record either in the UK or abroad.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 9 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 15 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of migrants that arrived in the UK by small boat that possess a criminal record either in the UK or abroad.
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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15 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Home Office conducts mandatory identity and security checks on all small boat arrivals.As part of this process, the Home Office collects biometric data—such as facial images and fingerprints—to verify identity. These biometrics are checked against Hom...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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