Written Question·Home Office·UIN 114318
Assisted Voluntary Return Schemes
Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 2 March 2026
Question
Shivani Raja
Conservative — Leicester 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 NorrisThe 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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