Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many individuals have died attempting to cross the English Channel in small boats in each month since January 2018.

The Home Office is aware of a total of 42 persons known to have died while attempting Channel crossings in small boats since January 2018:

August 2019 – 2 deaths reported

October 2019 – 2 death reported

August 2020 – 1 death reported

October 2020 – 5 deaths reported

February 2021 – 1 death reported

August 2021 – 1 death reported

November 2021 – 29 deaths reported

January 2022 – 1 death reported