Written Question·Home Office·UIN 90131

Repatriation: Payments

Tabled: 12 November 2025
Answered: 18 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Sir Christopher Chope

ConservativeChristchurch

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2025 to Question 88185 on Hadush Kebatu, what operational guidance her Department has issued to prevent small discretionary payments from being used as (a) induce

Answer

Alex Norris
All discretionary payments must go through a clearance process. Operational managers take into consideration the cost of returning someone to their final place of stay and supporting welfare and safety.As always with expenditure on returns, these one-off ...

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