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Written question asked by Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party) on Tuesday, 28 October 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 November 2025 (named day). It was answered by Alex Norris (Labour) on Monday, 3 November 2025 on behalf of the Home Office.


Immigration Controls: Northern Ireland

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2025 to Question 84157 on Immigration Controls: Northern Ireland, what information her Department holds on the outcomes of Operation Gull; and what criteria she uses to evaluate the success of that operation.

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 outcomes and criteria to evaluate the success 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
85705
Session
2024-26
Related items
Immigration Controls: Northern Ireland
Monday, 27 October 2025
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Immigration controls Northern Ireland
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk