Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Caroline Nokes Excerpts
Monday 11th April 2016

(8 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mike Penning Portrait Mike Penning
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If we take the precept into account, we can see that police funding has been protected over the past four years. The one person we did not listen to was the Labour shadow Secretary of State, because he wanted to cut it by 10%.

Caroline Nokes Portrait Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North) (Con)
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T7. What success have the Government had in recent months in deporting overstayers who have been working here illegally?

James Brokenshire Portrait James Brokenshire
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I underline the important work in confronting crimes linked to those working illegally. In 2015, more than 38,000 people were removed or deported from the UK, including a 28% increase in voluntary returns. That highlights the fact that people realise that it is so much tougher to get work here.