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Written question asked by Tony Baldry (Conservative) on Thursday, 1 December 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 5 December 2011. It was answered by Damian Green (Conservative) on Tuesday, 13 December 2011 on behalf of the Home Office.

Repatriation

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the number of people who have applied and been refused the right to remain within the UK who have left the jurisdiction voluntarily in each of the last five years.
Answer

The number of individuals who have applied and been refused the right to remain within the UK, who have subsequently left voluntarily in each of the last five years is shown in the following table.

Voluntary departures (number)
2007 2,525
2008 2,500
2009 6,019
2010 9,642
2011 ¹5,096
Total 25,782
¹ Figures for 2011 are from January to September 2011.
Notes:
1. Figures include removals via the Assisted Voluntary Return programme, notified voluntary departures, those identified via data matching and those identified at embarkation.
2. Figures were produced on 2 December 2011.
3. Figures are based on individuals' removal date, not their application or refusal date.
4. All figures quoted are management information which has been subject to internal quality checks.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
85209; 537 c626-7W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Immigration
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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