Written Question·Home Office·UIN 58206
Undocumented Migrants: Fingerprints
Tabled: 9 June 2025
Answered: 17 June 2025
Question
Esther McVey
Conservative — Tatton
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fingerprints have been collected from illegal immigrants arriving in the UK in each of the last five years.
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.