Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 87945

Asylum: Deportation

Tabled: 4 November 2025
Answered: 17 November 2025

Question

Max Wilkinson

Liberal DemocratCheltenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times a court has cited (a) Article 3 and (b) Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights as a reason for the non-deportation of an asylum seeker in the last 12 months.

Answer

Sarah Sackman
The information requested is not held centrally. It may be held in court records, but to determine that and obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.