Question follow-through · 110725

Immigration Controls: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of Operation Gull in Northern Ireland in the last 15 years.

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
4 Feb 2026
Target answer date
9 Feb 2026
Answer
9 Feb 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of Operation Gull in Northern Ireland in the last 15 years.

  2. 9 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    To maintain the highest standards of accuracy, the Home Office prefers to refer to published data, as this has been subject to rigorous quality assurance under National Statistics protocols prior to publication. Information about the effectiveness of Oper...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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