Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of powers under the Immigration Act 2014 to stop criminals using family life arguments to delay deportation.

The new Immigration Act 2014 stops criminals from using family life arguments to delay their deportation by making clear that the public interest normally requires the deportation of foreign criminals, notwithstanding their claim to family life.

Since passing this Act, the Government has also removed more than 600 foreign national offenders under the new non suspensive appeals powers, with many more
going through the system.