Written Question·Home Office·UIN 18951

Offenders: Deportation

Tabled: 14 July 2026
Answered: 23 July 2026

Question

James McMurdock

IndependentSouth Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign criminals have avoided deportation in each of the last ten years on the basis of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Answer

Anna Turley
The Home Office faces significant and complex challenges when seeking to return those who have no right to be in the UK to their country of origin or lawful place of return. Despite these barriers, we are fully committed to making our communities safer by...

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