§ Mr. Chopeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the cost to his Department in each of the last five years of paying for tickets to enable those who have been refused leave to enter the United Kingdom to return to their home country; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WaddingtonI regret that this information is not available.
The total expenditure on removal of persons from the United Kingdom at public expense, including not only those refused leave to enter, but also those deported, or removed as illegal entrants, in each financial year since 1981–82 is as follows:
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Expenditure (to nearest £1,000) £ 1981–82 555,000 1982–83 546,000 1983–84 581,000 1984–85 856,000 Arrangements have been made so that the expenditure on persons refused entry, and on the other categories mentioned above, will be separately identified from the beginning of the financial year 1986–87.