Written questions by Lowe.

How many and what proportion of detained illegal migrants were deported in 2024.

The Home Office publishes data on returns and detention in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on numbers of people leaving detention due to being returned are published in table Det_D03 of the ‘Detention detailed datasets’. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to up to September 2024, with data up to December 2024 to be published on 27 February.

With reference to the section entitled Roles and responsibilities on the About Us webpage for Immigration Enforcement, what options are presented to illegal migrants during face-to-face meaningful conversations.

Those conversations might be, for example, including informing migrants subject to immigration bail of options for fulfilling the Home Office reporting requirements, and consequences of failing to do so.

If she will publish a breakdown of immigration enforcement visits by local authorities in 2024.

I refer the Hon Member to the Answer I gave him on the 10 February to Question 27935.

How many dedicated immigration enforcement teams there are.

The total number of people employed by The Home office is routinely published within the annual Home Office annual reports and accounts, available at: Home Office annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK.

How many trained immigration enforcement officers there are.

The total number of people employed by The Home office is routinely published within the annual Home Office annual reports and accounts, available at: Home Office annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK.

What the average salary is of immigration enforcement officers.

The total number of people employed by The Home office is routinely published within the annual Home Office annual reports and accounts, available at: Home Office annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK.

What the average number of people (a) detained, (b) prosecuted and (c) deported per immigration enforcement visit was in 2024.

Information about the average outcomes of Enforcement Visits is not available in our published data. Our published national data on enforcement is available at the following link: Immigration system statistics, year ending September 2024 - GOV.UK

If she will publish the total cost to the public purse for the provision of diversity, equality and inclusion courses for staff in her Department in 2024.

The cost of training which covers the statutory obligations of civil servants under the Equality Act 2010 cannot be disaggregated from wider training costs because it often forms part of a wider learning package.The Cabinet Office last year audited the cost-effectiveness of all equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) activities and in response to that audit, new guidance was published on Civil Service EDI Expenditure, including an end to all external spending on EDI activity, unless cleared and authorised by Ministers.

With reference to her Department's transparency data entitled Small boat arrivals: last 7 days, last updated 31 January 2025, if she will make it her policy to include data on the number of small boat arrival deportations.

The Home Office publishes data on the return of small boat arrivals in the “Immigration System Statistics quarterly release”. Quarterly data on returns of small boat arrivals is published table Irr_02e of the “Irregular migration summary tables”. This covers the period 2018 to September 2024.

With reference to the Immigration system statistics data table entitled Asylum applications, initial decisions and resettlement detailed datasets, year ending September 2024, what information her Department holds on the location of the people who made implicit withdrawals between Q1 2020 and Q3 2024; and what estimate she has made of the number of these people who are still in the UK.

The information you have requested is not published. It has not been verified for publication and therefore cannot be released.Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, the resources required to compile the statistics, as well as quality and availability of data.

For what reason there was an increase in the number of settlement grants for workers from 2022-2023.

The increase in individuals reaching the five-year qualifying threshold in 2023 will tend to reflect the increase in work visas issued five years previously, in 2018 under the previous administration. My Hon friend, the Home Secretary, addressed reasons for the latter increase in her statement to the House of Commons on 2 December 2024.

What estimate she has made of the cost to her Department of the proposed increase in employer National Insurance contributions for financial year 2025-26.

The Government will provide support for departments and other public sector employers for additional Employer National Insurance Contributions costs only.This funding will be allocated to departments in the usual way, in line with the approach taken under the previous Government’s Health and Social Care Levy.

If the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a Department for Borders and Deportation.

The Home Office is the department for border security, including overseeing the establishment of Border Security Command and delivering more than 16,400 deportations of people who have no right to be here since July 2024.

If she will make an estimate of the number of people that will become eligible to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain in each of the next ten years.

The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.The Home Office publishes a range of Research and statistics - GOV.UK relating to migration. Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics - GOV.UK, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, the resources required to compile the statistics, as well as quality and availability of data.

If she will reintroduce the Resident Labour Market Test.

As announced by the Prime Minister on 28 November 2024, the Government will be producing a White Paper this year setting out our plans for reducing net migration, which will be published in due course.

If she will make an estimate of the number of skilled visa holders who are sponsored by (a) takeaways, (b) restaurants and (c) convenience stores.

The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.The Home Office publishes a range of Research and statistics - GOV.UK relating to migration. Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics - GOV.UK, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, the resources required to compile the statistics, as well as quality and availability of data.

If she will publish a breakdown of companies sponsoring skilled visas by Nature of Business (SIC).

The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.The Home Office publishes a range of Research and statistics - GOV.UK relating to migration. Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics - GOV.UK, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, the resources required to compile the statistics, as well as quality and availability of data.

What the potential cost to the public purse was of her Department's Islamic network in each of the last five years.

The costs of individual faith and belief networks over the last five financial years are not held centrally in an accessible form, and could only be identified and verified for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost. However, the Department has previously provided cost figures for all Staff Networks. The answer to this can be found here: PQ 26338In addition, the Cabinet Office last year has audited the cost-effectiveness of all equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) activities and in response to that audit, new guidance was published on Civil Service EDI Expenditure, including an end to all external spending on EDI activity, unless cleared and authorised by Ministers.

If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of excluding (a) family members and (b) dependents from student visas.

The Student route already restricts most students from bringing their dependants to the UK. Partners and children are the only family members which can be sponsored by students as dependants and only if the relevant student meets certain relevant criteria, such studying for a PHD or other doctoral qualification, or a research-based higher degree.

What the potential cost to the public purse was of her Department's equality network in each of the last five years.

The Home Office does not have an equality network, but in relation to the cost of staff networks in general, the Hon Member may want to look at Answer of 23 May 2024 to Question UIN 26338.