Written Question·Home Office·UIN 51364
Identification of Criminals: Undocumented Migrants
Tabled: 12 May 2025
Answered: 20 May 2025
Question
Esther McVey
Conservative — Tatton
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) fingerprints, (b) photos and (c) DNA samples have been collected from illegal immigrants arriving in the UK in each of the last five years.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleObtaining the specific information requested would involve collating and verifying information from multiple systems owned by multiple teams across the Home Office and, therefore, could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.