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Written question asked by Stuart C McDonald (Scottish National Party) on Friday, 27 January 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 31 January 2023. It was answered by Robert Jenrick (Conservative) on Monday, 6 February 2023 on behalf of the Home Office.

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information is contained within the (a) Small Boats Enhanced Raw Data report and (b) Vantage Single Competent Authority Hybrid; and whether she plans to take steps to publish these documents.

Answer

The Small Boats Enhanced Raw Data report and the Vantage Single Competent Authority Hybrid are the source datasets where information about small boat arrivals and National Referral Mechanism (NRM) referrals are brought together, any processing applied and totals calculated. They are then used as the source data for reporting, including publication of demographic and asylum outcome data for small boat arrivals as published in the ‘Irregular Migration to the UK release’.

Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, as well as quality and availability of data.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
133998
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Disclosure of information Boats Undocumented migrants Publications English Channel Single Competent Authority
Link
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