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Written question asked by Lord Soames of Fletching (Conservative) on Tuesday, 5 November 2013, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 8 November 2013 (named day). It was answered by Lord Harper (Conservative) on Monday, 11 November 2013 on behalf of the Home Office.


Illegal Immigrants

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment she has made of the number of illegal immigrants currently in the UK.

Answer

[holding answer 8 November 2013]: It is not possible to accurately quantify the number of immigration offenders in the UK as by their very nature

those that deliberately evade immigration control to enter and stay in the country illegally are not officially recorded until they come to light and are arrested.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
174731; 570 cc428-9W
Session
2013-14
Subjects
Undocumented migrants
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk