Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 13 October (HL2299), why they do not hold information on the cost of deportations.

The Home Office has published information on the average cost of detention and removal but this is not broken down by initial application type, and to do so would incur disproportionate cost. Further information can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/costs-involved-in-detaining-and-removing-illegal-migrants