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Written question asked by Paul Beresford (Conservative) on Thursday, 24 October 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 28 October 2019. It was answered by Seema Kennedy (Conservative) on Tuesday, 5 November 2019 on behalf of the Home Office.


Asylum: Fraud

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the UKVI investigations into asylum fraud since 2009 have resulted in criminal prosecutions.

Answer

Since 2014, when records were centralised, Immigration Enforcement has undertaken 6 criminal prosecutions into asylum fraud.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
4905
Session
2019-19
Subjects
Asylum Fraud Prosecutions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk