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Written question asked by David Davis (Conservative) on Wednesday, 23 October 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 28 October 2024 (named day). It was answered by Angela Eagle (Labour) on Monday, 28 October 2024 on behalf of the Home Office.

Deportation and Detainees

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that her Department publishes the statistics it collects on detention and returns promptly.

Answer

The Home Office publishes quarterly data on detention and returns in the “Immigration system statistics release”. Data up to the end of June 2024 was published on 22nd August 2024 following our usual publication cycle. The Home Office pre-announces these statistical releases in the “Research and statistics calendar”, in accordance with its Statement of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics.

Publishing timescales for returns and detention statistics are in line with other statistical indicators published in the Immigration system statistics release. For information about our statistics, and our quality assurance processes, please see the user guide.

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
10678
Session
2024-26
Related items
Subjects
Detainees Deportation
Link
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