Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the voluntary return scheme have been (a) received and (b) concluded since 1 January 2023.

We do not routinely publish the information requested.

The Home Office publishes statistics on all types of removals from the UK which includes voluntary departures. The latest statistics are available at: Immigration system statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Published datasets for Voluntary Returns are available at: Returns and detention datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)