Question follow-through · 900978

Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce illegal migration.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
7 Jul 2026
Target answer date
13 Jul 2026
Answer
13 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce illegal migration.

  2. 13 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    Last November, we announced the most significant reforms to the asylum system in a generation, and on 30 June introduced the Immigration and Asylum Bill to deliver them.We are already backing these reforms with action: by December 2025, returns had increa...

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