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Written question asked by Jonathan Gullis (Conservative) on Thursday, 14 March 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 March 2024. It was answered by Michael Tomlinson (Conservative) on Friday, 22 March 2024 on behalf of the Home Office.

Undocumented Migrants: Stoke-on-Trent

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of illegal migrants were (a) in Stoke-on-Trent and (b) housed in hotels in Stoke-on-Trent in the last 12 months; and how many have been removed since October 2023.

Answer

The Home Office publishes data on irregular arrivals to the UK in the ‘Irregular migration to the UK statistics’ release. Data on detected irregular arrivals is published in table Irr_01 and data on returns of small boat arrivals is published in table Irr_02e of the ‘Irregular migration to the UK summary tables’, with the latest data up to the end of December 2023. Data on all returns is published in table Ret_D01 of the ‘Returns detailed datasets’ as part of the ‘Immigration system statistics’ quarterly release.

These statistics should not be used to infer the size of the irregular population in the UK, nor the total number of people entering the UK irregularly. The location of irregular arrivals is not published. However, the Home Office does publish data on asylum seekers in receipt of support by local authority, some of whom will have entered the UK through irregular methods, in table Asy_D11 of the ‘Asylum and resettlement data tables’ as part of the ‘Immigration system statistics’ quarterly release.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
18813
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Undocumented migrants Hotels Stoke on Trent
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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