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Written question asked by Chris Ruane (Labour) on Wednesday, 8 September 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 September 2010. It was answered by Damian Green (Conservative) on Thursday, 16 September 2010 on behalf of the Home Office.


Immigration

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many immigration cases her Department recorded intercession by an hon. Member in 2009-10.
Answer

The UK Border Agency do not keep statistics of the volume of correspondence from MPs that leads to intervention and any attempt to capture this information could be obtained only by the detailed examination of individual case records at disproportionate cost.However, in the year 2009 the UK Border Agency received 66,320 inquiries by letter or email, and 25,322 inquiries by telephone, a total of 91,642 inquires from Members of Parliament.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
14914; 515 c1214-5W
Session
2010-12
Related items
UK Border Agency: Correspondence
Thursday, 27 January 2011
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Immigration
Link
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