Question follow-through · 101091

Immigration: Prosecutions

To ask the Solicitor General,?how many referrals to the Crown Prosecution Service for immigration offences in the last three years were not prosecuted on evidential grounds.

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Attorney General
Tabled
17 Dec 2025
Target answer date
5 Jan 2026
Answer
9 Jan 2026 · 23 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 17 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Solicitor General,?how many referrals to the Crown Prosecution Service for immigration offences in the last three years were not prosecuted on evidential grounds.

  2. 5 Jan 2026

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  3. 9 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The CPS does not hold the data requested. To establish whether suspects on cases where immigration offences were considered by reviewing lawyers at pre-charge stage, where then a subsequent no prosecution decision on evidential grounds was made in the las...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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