Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who arrived in the UK on small boats over the English Channel in 2022 (a) are in Immigration Removal Centres, (b) are in hotel accommodation, (c) are in the community under bail conditions, (d) have been removed from the country and (e) have returned to their country of origin voluntarily.

The Home Office publishes statistics on small boat arrivals to the UK in the ‘Irregular Migration to the UK statistics’ report. Data on small boat arrivals by year are published in table Irr_01 of the ‘Irregular migration to the UK data tables’ with the latest data up to the end of June 2022. Future irregular migration publication release dates can be found on the research and statistics calendar.

The statistics presented in the Irregular Migration release relate to the number of people recorded being detected on, or shortly after, arrival to the UK on various routes (flow). They do not provide an indication of the total number of people currently in the UK who have entered the UK via irregular routes.

The Home Office also publishes statistics on the following topics, in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’:

• People entering, in, and leaving immigration detention.

The number of people entering detention each quarter are in table Det_D01 of the ‘Detention detailed datasets’, where the data can be broken down by first place of detention. The number of people in detention at the end of each quarter are in table Det_D02 of the ‘Detention detailed datasets’, where the data can be broken down by current place of detention. The number of people leaving detention each quarter are in table Det_D03 of the ‘Detention detailed datasets’, where the data can be broken down by reason for leaving detention, including being bailed. The latest data relate to the end of June 2022. Data up to the end of September will be published on 24 November 2022

Please note, the data are for all people entering, in and leaving detention, not just people who arrived in the UK via small boats.

• Returns from the UK.

The latest data on returns from the UK, broken down by type of return including enforced returns and voluntary returns, are published in table Ret_D01 of the ‘Returns detailed datasets’, where the data can be broken down by return destination group (including Home country) and nationality (which may differ from country of origin). The latest data go up to the end of March 2022. Data up to the end of June 2022 will be published on 24 November 2022.

Please note the data are for all people returned from the UK, not just people who arrived in the UK via small boats.

Data on voluntary returns are subject to upward revision, so comparisons over time should be made with caution. In some cases, individuals who have been told to leave the UK will not notify the Home Office of their departure from the UK. In such cases, it can take some time for the Home Office to become aware of such a departure and update the system. As a result, data for more recent periods will initially undercount the total number of returns. ‘Other verified returns’ are particularly affected by this.

• Asylum.

Data on asylum seekers in receipt of support can be found in table Asy_D09 of the ‘asylum and resettlement detailed datasets’. Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks. Please note the data show a snapshot as at the last day of each quarter, rather than the number of asylum seekers in receipt of support over the entire quarter. The latest data relates to as at 31 March 2022. Data as at 30 June 2022 will be published on 24 November 2022.

Please note, ‘accommodation’ is not limited to hotel accommodation.

Please note, the data are for all asylum seekers in receipt of support, not just asylum seekers who arrived in the UK via small boats.

Information on how to use the datasets in the Immigration Statistics quarterly release can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the dataset workbooks.

Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’.