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Written question asked by Paul Blomfield (Labour) on Wednesday, 18 May 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 May 2016. It was answered by James Brokenshire (Conservative) on Monday, 6 June 2016 on behalf of the Home Office.

Immigration Controls

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what analysis she plans to undertake of the data gathered from border exit checks; and whether those checks will provide accurate data on emigration disaggregated by route.

Answer

Exit checks were introduced in April 2015. They will, over a period of time, provide us with a range of insights into the behaviours of migrants and how they comply with restrictions placed upon their length of stay in the UK.

Data collected from exit checks is a record of cross border movement. It may in the future help inform but will not in itself answer questions on emigration.

The Home Office has announced that it is considering the use of exit checks data for statistical reporting and intends to publish an initial evaluation of the use of exit checks for this purpose. The evaluation will be a technical assessment of the analysis carried out thus far and of the further analysis necessary to better understand short, medium, and long term opportunities.

The initial evaluation of the use of exit checks will be published on 25 August to coincide with the next quarterly immigration statistics release.

Publication of the initial evaluation on the use of exit checks will be on the GOV.UK website

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
37512
Session
2016-17
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Immigration controls Emigration
Link
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