Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers who (a) came across the Channel illegally in small boats and (b) arrived in the UK by other means have been arrested by police for offences other than under the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 since the commencement of that Act.

If Police suspect they are dealing with a non-settled person, the Police will contact Immigration Enforcement to check a person’s status and a record is made of that on our databases; however this information is not recorded in a way which is reportable