Home Office written question – answered at on 8 February 2023.
Lord Rosser
Shadow Spokesperson (Home Affairs), Shadow Spokesperson (Transport)
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 1 August 2022 (HL1923), whether they have now produced a forecast for 2023 of numbers of small boats crossing the English Channel; and if so, (1) how such a forecast was produced, and (2) when that forecasting started.
Lord Murray of Blidworth
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department
The Home Office considers a range of potential arrival volumes for the coming year as part of its planning for these dangerous, illegal and unnecessary crossings. However, these are planning scenarios, not forecasts or predictions, and there are no plans to publish them. In 2022, over 45,000 people arrived in the UK as a result of these crossings.
Yes1 person thinks so
No2 people think not
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