Written Question·Home Office·UIN 104398
Undocumented Migrants: Sentencing
Tabled: 8 January 2026
Answered: 19 January 2026
Question
James McMurdock
Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people convicted of illegal entry since the commencement of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 have received the maximum sentence available for that offence; and what assessment she has mad
Answer
Alex NorrisThere have been no prosecutions resulting in the maximum sentence for illegal entry.Maximum sentences are in place to deal with the most serious and egregious offenders, and their usage is not expected to be a commonplace occurrence.