Written Question·Home Office·UIN 25045

Immigration

Tabled: 20 January 2025

Answered: 28 January 2025

Question

Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost to the public purse was of penalty payments to people who faced delays in the processing of their immigration case in each of the last five years.

Answer

Seema Malhotra

Immigration Enforcement, UK Visas & Immigration and Border Force occasionally make ex-gratia payments to customers, beyond any legal or statutory requirements, as redress for maladministration. These payments are made at the discretion of the Home Off...

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