Question follow-through · 103174

Alaa Abd El-Fattah

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has assessed whether Alaa Abd el Fattah meets the criteria for deportation.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 5 Jan 2026
Target answer date: 7 Jan 2026
Answer: 12 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Votes on this topic

Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026

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Recorded timeline

5 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has assessed whether Alaa Abd el Fattah meets the criteria for deportation.
7 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Jan 2026
Answer published
We do not routinely comment on individual cases however the Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister have made clear that Ministers and officials were previously unaware of the historic posts made by Mr El-Fattah.All British citizens have a Right of Abode (RO...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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