A question on #BordersAndDeportation #DepartmentalResponsibilities tabled by Rupert Lowe on 29-01-2025 has been answered by Dame Angela Eagle.

Heading: Borders and Deportation: Departmental Responsibilities
Question ID: 1760041
UIN: 27483
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-01-29
Asking Member ID: 5158
Asking Member display name: Rupert Lowe
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Rupert Lowe
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a Department for Borders and Deportation.
Is named day: false
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Date answered: 2025-02-05
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 491
Answering Member display name: Dame Angela Eagle
Answering Member handle: angelaeagle
Answering Member Twitter reference: @angelaeagle
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Answer text: The Home Office is the department for border security, including overseeing the establishment of Border Security Command and delivering more than 16,400 deportations of people who have no right to be here since July 2024.
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Answering body ID: 1
Answering body name: Home Office
Tweeted: true