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Written question asked by Mohammad Sarwar (Labour) on Friday, 17 April 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 21 April 2009. It was answered by Phil Woolas (Labour) on Wednesday, 3 June 2009 on behalf of the Home Office.

Entry Clearances: EU Nationals

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many citizens of other EU member states have been denied access to the UK on the basis of previous criminal convictions in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
Answer

From 2006-08, 929 EU Nationals were refused entry at the UK border on grounds relating to the public good.The annual breakdown is as follows:

Number of EU Nationals refused entry to the UK
2006 186
2007 388
2008 355

This includes, but is not limited to those EU Nationals refused entry due to criminal convictions. This information could be obtained only by the detailed examination of individual records at disproportionate cost.The data provided is based on locally-collated management information, which may be subject to change and does not represent published national statistics.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
493 c558W; 270258
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Entry clearances EU nationals
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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