James Brokenshire corrected the Commons record on Home Department

2 December 2014 · Commons Hansard, Written Corrections

James Brokenshire made the correction and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 2 December 2014. The correction replaced 4 figures (1,020, 1,308, 1,449, 970) with 4 figures (1,351, 1188, 902, 935). Altogether 14 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been removed from the UK under the Dublin Convention in each year since 2010. Letter of correction from James Brokenshire: An error has been identified in the written answer given to the right hon. Member for Delyn (Mr Hanson) on 13 May 2014. The answer was given as follows:

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Original	Corrected
The information requested is shown in the following table: People removed \| Number 2010 \| ~~1,449~~ 2011 \| ~~1,308~~ 2012 \| ~~970~~ 2013 \| ~~1,020~~ Note: The figures quoted have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols. \| Removals fell in 2011 and 2012 because we stopped transferring asylum applicants to Greece under the Dublin Regulation in 2010. This was because it was found conditions there amounted to a breach of article 3 of ECHR. There then followed similar litigation around conditions in Italy, but we are still able to effect transfers there. ~~The correct answer should have been:~~	The information requested is shown in the following table: People removed \| Number 2010 \| 1,351 2011 \| 1,188 2012 \| 902 2013 \| 935 Note: The figures quoted have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols. \| Removals fell in 2011 and 2012 because we stopped transferring asylum applicants to Greece under the Dublin Regulation in 2010. This was because it was found conditions there amounted to a breach of article 3 of ECHR. There then followed similar litigation around conditions in Italy, but we are still able to effect transfers there.

Original

Corrected

The information requested is shown in the following table:
People removed | Number
2010
| ~~1,449~~
2011
| ~~1,308~~
2012
| ~~970~~
2013
| ~~1,020~~
Note:
The figures quoted have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols.
|
Removals fell in 2011 and 2012 because we stopped transferring asylum applicants to Greece under the Dublin Regulation in 2010. This was because it was found conditions there amounted to a breach of article 3 of ECHR. There then followed similar litigation around conditions in Italy, but we are still able to effect transfers there.
~~The correct answer should have been:~~

The information requested is shown in the following table:
People removed | Number
2010
| 1,351
2011
| 1,188
2012
| 902
2013
| 935
Note:
The figures quoted have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols.
|
Removals fell in 2011 and 2012 because we stopped transferring asylum applicants to Greece under the Dublin Regulation in 2010. This was because it was found conditions there amounted to a breach of article 3 of ECHR. There then followed similar litigation around conditions in Italy, but we are still able to effect transfers there.

The correction in Hansard.

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