Written Question·Home Office·UIN 58591

Undocumented Migrants: Cheshire

Tabled: 10 June 2025
Answered: 17 June 2025

Question

Esther McVey

ConservativeTatton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who arrived illegally into the UK (a) in total and (b) who are housed in Cheshire had their biometrics taken upon entry into the country in the last 12 months.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Obtaining 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.