Question follow-through · 127911
Asylum: Deportation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the impact in other countries of offering payments to failed asylum seekers who agree to return to their home country on trends in numbers of people claiming asyl
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 16 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 21 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 21 Apr 2026 · 5 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
16 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the impact in other countries of offering payments to failed asylum seekers who agree to return to their home country on trends in numbers of people claiming asyl
21 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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21 Apr 2026
Answer published
The enhanced voluntary return offer is a strategic and time-limited approach mirroring schemes seen in Denmark, where voluntary return is prioritised and families are offered payments up to the equivalent of £30,000 to expedite departures. This has contri...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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