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Written question asked by Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) on Wednesday, 15 January 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 17 January 2025. It was answered by Seema Malhotra (Labour) on Thursday, 23 January 2025 on behalf of the Home Office.


Passports: Forgery

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested for using forged passports at airports in the last 12 months.

Answer

The Home Office publishes statistics on detected irregular air arrivals to the UK in the ‘Irregular migration to the UK’ statistics release, available at:

Immigration system statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK

We do not hold central data on the number of people arrested for using forged passports at airports, and the figures could only be obtained for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
24171
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Arrests Forgery Passports
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk