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Written question asked by Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative) on Monday, 22 June 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 25 June 2026 (named day). It was answered by Alex Norris (Labour) on Thursday, 25 June 2026 on behalf of the Home Office.


Repatriation

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the statement by the Deputy Prime Minister on the G7 Summit on 22 June 2026, how many and what proportion of the 67,000 people that have been removed were voluntary departures.

Answer

The Home Office publishes data on returns in the ‘Immigration System Statistics quarterly release’. Data on the number of returns by return type since July 2024 can be found in table Ret_D01 of the ‘Returns detailed datasets’.

The data show since July 2024 there have been 67,200 enforced and voluntary returns, of which, 50,700 were voluntary returns, representing 75% of total returns.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
11993
Session
2026-27
Related items
Repatriation: Expenditure
Tuesday, 14 July 2026
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Repatriation
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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