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Written question asked by Afzal Khan (Labour) on Tuesday, 29 October 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 November 2019 (named day). It was answered by Seema Kennedy (Conservative) on Tuesday, 5 November 2019 on behalf of the Home Office.


Deportation: EU Nationals

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EU nationals were removed from the UK for failing to exercise their treaty rights in (a) 2014, (b) 2015, (c) 2016, (d) 2017 (e) 2018 and (f) 2019.

Answer

The Home Office publishes data on returns quarterly and this can be found in table RT_05-q on gov.uk - https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics

EU nationals will be removed for either not exercising treaty rights or on criminality grounds. Returns of Foreign National Offenders broken down by EU/Non-EU can be found at table RT_06_q. The remainder are individuals who are not exercising treaty rights.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
7224
Session
2019-19
Subjects
Deportation EU nationals
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk