Written Question·Home Office·UIN 58591
Undocumented Migrants: Cheshire
Tabled: 10 June 2025
Answered: 17 June 2025
Question
Esther McVey
Conservative — Tatton
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 EagleObtaining 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.