Question follow-through · 18951

Offenders: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign criminals have avoided deportation in each of the last ten years on the basis of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
14 Jul 2026
Target answer date
16 Jul 2026
Answer
23 Jul 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign criminals have avoided deportation in each of the last ten years on the basis of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

  2. 16 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The Home Office faces significant and complex challenges when seeking to return those who have no right to be in the UK to their country of origin or lawful place of return. Despite these barriers, we are fully committed to making our communities safer by...

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