Speeches

Mr David Hanson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr David Hanson on 2014-03-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests were made for immigration offences as a result of information received from the public in each week in 2013; and how many resulted in (a) prosecution and (b) deportation.

James Brokenshire

The following table outlines the number of arrests made for immigration offences as a result of allegations received from the public in each week in 2013 and how many resulted in (a) prosecution and (b) removal.

In order to align this answer with the method used for collating the data- "Information received from the public" has been interpreted as allegations and "deportation" has been referred to as removals.

Week

Arrests

Prosecutions

Removals

Week 01

15

10

Week 02

75

30

Week 03

35

15

Week 04

65

20

Week 05

60

20

Week 06

55

20

Week 07

75

30

Week 08

65

20

Week 09

60

25

Week 10

60

25

Week 11

75

25

Week 12

75

30

Week 13

45

20

Week 14

55

*

30

Week 15

55

30

Week 16

80

40

Week 17

90

55

Week 18

120

*

55

Week 19

145

75

Week 20

95

50

Week 21

80

*

40

Week 22

85

*

35

Week 23

85

5

40

Week 24

90

45

Week 25

115

50

Week 26

215

5

95

Week 27

120

50

Week 28

155

*

65

Week 29

145

60

Week 30

100

35

Week 31

120

*

30

Week 32

80

20

Week 33

125

40

Week 34

85

25

Week 35

80

25

Week 36

90

25

Week 37

75

20

Week 38

75

20

Week 39

90

30

Week 40

75

20

Week 41

95

35

Week 42

80

15

Week 43

105

35

Week 44

55

20

Week 45

125

30

Week 46

120

20

Week 47

100

20

Week 48

95

5

Week 49

75

5

Week 50

95

5

Week 51

85

*

Week 52

20

Week 53

10

Grand Total

4,535

15

1,585

The number of prosecutions and removals refers directly to the allegations received in that week, but may not have taken place within that timeframe.