Written Question·Home Office·UIN 114318

Assisted Voluntary Return Schemes

Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 2 March 2026

Question

Shivani Raja

ConservativeLeicester East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who departed the UK under a voluntary return scheme subsequently (a) re-entered the UK unlawfully and (b) made a further asylum claim within five years of departure.

Answer

Alex Norris
The information requested regarding the number of individuals who departed under a voluntary return scheme and subsequently re-entered the UK is not available from published statistics.The Home Office publishes all available information on returns expendi...

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