Question follow-through · 18176
Deportation and Immigration: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to fast-track immigration and deportation cases in which offenders have prolonged proceedings through appeals lasting more than three years.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 13 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 24 Jul 2026 · 11 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
13 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to fast-track immigration and deportation cases in which offenders have prolonged proceedings through appeals lasting more than three years.
15 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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24 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Ministry of Justice is only able to collect data on the timeliness of appeals; it does not record or hold information related to an appellant’s previous convictions or offending, or how long the overall deportation process takes.We have taken steps to...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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