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Written question asked by Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party) on Wednesday, 22 October 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 October 2025 (named day). It was answered by Alex Norris (Labour) on Monday, 27 October 2025 on behalf of the Home Office.


Immigration Controls: Northern Ireland

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) prosecuted, and (b) convicted as a result of Operation Gull in Northern Ireland since 2010.

Answer

To maintain the highest standards of accuracy, the Home Office prefers to refer to published data, as this has been subject to rigorous quality assurance under National Statistics protocols prior to publication. Information about convictions as a result of Operation Gull is not available in our published data.

Our published national data on enforcement activity is available at the following link and includes data on detected irregular arrivals to the UK Immigration system statistics, year ending June 2025 - GOV.UK


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
84157
Session
2024-26
Related items
Immigration Controls: Northern Ireland
Monday, 3 November 2025
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Convictions Immigration controls Northern Ireland Prosecutions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk