Question follow-through · 105651
Deportation: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the transparency data entitled Returns from the UK and illegal working activity from 5 July 2024 to 4 January 2025, published on 12 January 2026, how many of the enforced returns of
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 19 Jan 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Immigration and borders
- Immigration Controls: EU Countries · 20 Jan 2026
- Immigration Controls: Northern Ireland · 4 Feb 2026
- UK Border Force: Northern Ireland · 27 Feb 2026
- UK Border Force: Shipping · 14 Apr 2026
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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
14 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the transparency data entitled Returns from the UK and illegal working activity from 5 July 2024 to 4 January 2025, published on 12 January 2026, how many of the enforced returns of
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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19 Jan 2026
Answer published
Obtaining the specific information requested would involve collating and verifying information from multiple systems owned by multiple teams across the Home Office and, therefore, could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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