Home Department written question – answered at on 7 April 2014.
David Hanson
Shadow Minister (Home Affairs)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many arrests were made for immigration offences as a result of information received from the public in each week in 2013; and how many resulted in (a) prosecution and (b) deportation.
James Brokenshire
Minister of State (Home Office) (Security and Immigration)
The following table outlines the number of arrests made for immigration offences as a result of allegations received from the public in each week in 2013 and how many resulted in (a) prosecution and (b) removal.
In order to align this answer with the method used for collating the data—“Information received from the public” has been interpreted as allegations and “deportation” has been referred to as removals.
| Week | Arrests | Prosecutions | Removals |
| 1 | 15 | — | 10 |
| 2 | 75 | — | 30 |
| 3 | 35 | — | 15 |
| 4 | 65 | — | 20 |
| 5 | 60 | — | 20 |
| 6 | 55 | — | 20 |
| 7 | 75 | — | 30 |
| 8 | 65 | — | 20 |
| 9 | 60 | — | 25 |
| 10 | 60 | — | 25 |
| 11 | 75 | — | 25 |
| 12 | 75 | — | 30 |
| 13 | 45 | — | 20 |
| 14 | 55 | 1— | 30 |
| 15 | 55 | __ | 30 |
| 16 | 80 | — | 40 |
| 17 | 90 | — | 55 |
| 18 | 120 | 1— | 55 |
| 19 | 145 | — | 75 |
| 20 | 95 | — | 50 |
| 21 | 80 | 1— | 40 |
| 22 | 85 | 1— | 35 |
| 23 | 85 | 5 | 40 |
| 24 | 90 | — | 45 |
| 25 | 115 | — | 50 |
| 26 | 215 | 5 | 95 |
| 27 | 120 | — | 50 |
| 28 | 155 | 1— | 65 |
| 29 | 145 | — | 60 |
| 30 | 100 | — | 35 |
| 31 | 120 | 1— | 30 |
| 32 | 80 | — | 20 |
| 33 | 125 | — | 40 |
| 34 | 85 | — | 25 |
| 35 | 80 | — | 25 |
| 36 | 90 | — | 25 |
| 37 | 75 | — | 20 |
| 38 | 75 | — | 20 |
| 39 | 90 | — | 30 |
| 40 | 75 | — | 20 |
| 41 | 95 | — | 35 |
| 42 | 80 | — | 15 |
| 43 | 105 | — | 35 |
| 44 | 55 | — | 20 |
| 45 | 125 | — | 30 |
| 46 | 120 | — | 20 |
| 47 | 100 | — | 20 |
| 48 | 95 | — | 5 |
| 49 | 75 | — | 5 |
| 50 | 95 | — | 5 |
| 51 | 85 | — | 1— |
| 52 | 20 | — | — |
| 53 | 10 | — | — |
| Grand total | 4,535 | 15 | 1,585 |
| The number of prosecutions and removals refers directly to the allegations received in that week, but may not have taken place within that timeframe. | |||
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