Stephen Gethins – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Gethins on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to maintain the Assisted Voluntary Returns schemes after 2020.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The Assisted Voluntary Returns Service was integrated into the Home Office Voluntary Returns Service (VRS) on 1st January 2016 and provides a range of help and support to those who are here illegally and are seeking to leave the UK voluntarily. The Home Office envisages that the VRS will continue beyond 2020.