{"value":{"id":1754841,"askingMemberId":5158,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-01-13T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-15T00:00:00","uin":"23573","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many removals of illegal migrants were (a) voluntary and (b) enforced since 2018.","answeringBodyId":1,"answeringBodyName":"Home Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":491,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-20T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Home Office publishes statistics on returns from the UK in the ‘<a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release\" target=\"_blank\">Immigration System Statistics quarterly release</a>’.</p><p>Data on enforced and voluntary returns from the UK, including the breakdown by nationality can be found in Ret_D01 of the ‘<a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#returns\" target=\"_blank\">Returns detailed datasets</a>’. This data covers the period 2004 to September 2024.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance\" target=\"_blank\">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Undocumented Migrants","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1754841","method":"GET"}]}