Home Office written question – answered at on 3 October 2025.
Rupert Lowe
Independent, Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many seats were booked on deportation charter flights in the last year; and how many were used.
Alex Norris
The Minister of State, Home Department
In the year 5 September 2024 to 4 September 2025 inclusive, the capacity available for those being returned on the 64 returns charter flights that operated was 3717 seats. Of these, 2972 seats were used across the 64 returns charter flights.
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