Lord Bates corrected a written answer on Asylum: Deportation
Lord Roberts of Llandudno (Liberal Democrat, Life peer) asked written question HL2297 on 16 September 2015. Lord Bates answered on 19 October 2015 for the Home Office, and Lord Bates corrected the answer on 24 March 2016. The correction replaced 2 figures (132, 151) with 2 figures (445, 778). Altogether 4 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many asylum seekers were deported from the United Kingdom in (1) 1990, (2) 2000, (3) 2010, and (4) 2014, on reaching the age of 18.
Original and corrected answer
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| Original | Corrected |
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| The Home Office does not keep electronic records on removals going as far back as 2000. Records of removals on the Immigration Database only go back to 2006. In 2010, | The Home Office does not keep electronic records on removals going as far back as 2000. Records of removals on the Immigration Database only go back to 2006. In 2010, 778 failed asylum seekers were removed after reaching the age of 18. In 2014, 445 failed asylum seekers were removed after reaching the age of 18. |
The question and answer on the Parliament website.
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Receipt
| Read from | https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/419224?expandMember=true |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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