Written Question·Home Office·UIN 14212

Visas

Tabled: 13 November 2024
Answered: 22 November 2024

Question

Richard Tice

Reform UKBoston and Skegness

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people in the UK that have overstayed their visas; if she will make an estimate of the percentage of people in the UK that have overstayed their visa

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
As set out in legislation, an individual is liable to removal from the UK if "the person requires leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom but does not have it". The Home Office does not routinely categorise immigration offenders by the ma...

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