Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many irregular migrants are in the total absconder pool for which the latest data is available.

The information requested is not currently available from published statistics.

Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, the resources required to compile the statistics, as well as quality and availability of data.