Illegal Immigration Debate

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Department: Home Office

Illegal Immigration

Robert Jenrick Excerpts
Wednesday 15th November 2023

(5 months, 3 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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James Cleverly Portrait James Cleverly
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I do not have the details of the individual case that the hon. Lady raises, so I cannot comment on the specifics, but I remind her and the House that, as part of the Prime Minister’s 10-point plan, eliminating that historic backlog of case files was a commitment. At the start of this process, the backlog stood at 91,000 cases; it has now been reduced to—

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Fewer than 30,000. So, we are delivering on our commitment to work through that backlog of cases. It was one of the areas where we made a commitment, we are delivering on it, and we will pursue all the elements of our plan.