Written Question·Attorney General·UIN 89993

Immigration Controls: France

Tabled: 11 November 2025
Answered: 3 December 2025

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth

To ask the Solicitor General, how many (a) active and (b) concluded cases the Government Legal Department has handled relating to legal challenges against the one-in, one-out migrant returns scheme; and what the total cost of that litigation has been.

Answer

Ellie Reeves
The UK-France Treaty is an innovative pilot designed to deter illegal migration across the Channel. Litigation related to this pilot was anticipated and we are concentrating resources on robustly defending this so that removals can continue as planned. As...
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