PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Sham Marriage: Deportation (1 July 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people found to have participated in sham marriages were removed from the UK in each of the last five years.

Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)

Answer

To maintain the highest standards of accuracy, the Home Office prefers to refer to published data, as this has been subject to rigorous quality assurance under National Statistics protocols prior to publication.

Information about those removed from the UK who have participated in sham marriages is not available in our published data.

Our published data on returns is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2020/how-many-people-are-detained-or-returned


Answered by:
Chris Philp (Conservative)
10 July 2020

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