Expenditure by the UK Border Agency on the Facilitated Returns Scheme (FRS) from its inception in October 2006 to March 2009 was approximately £4.3 million. Of the 4,200 foreign national prisoners removed or deported in 2007 around 25 per cent. were removed under the scheme. Of the 5,400 foreign national prisoners removed in 2008 and the 3,890 removed in quarters 1-3 2009, around 30 per cent. were removed under FRS.
Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration programme Programme year Total funding (£) 2000-01 557,827 2001-02 992,587 2002-03 956,048 2003-04 4,500,823 2004-05 7,267,560 2005-06 8,640,406 2006-07 15,390,384 2007-08 11,132,486 Total 49,438,121 Notes: 1. Pilot programme 1999. 2. Programme year 2000-05—April to July extended. 3. Programme year 2005-06 onwards—August to July.
Programme year Total funding (€) 2005-06 555,453 2006-07 1,518,112 2007-08 1,803,994 Total 3,877,559 Notes: 1. Pilot 15 November 2004 to 31 March 2005 2. Programme year—April to March
These costs may be subject to revision and are still subject to audit, costs have yet to be agreed. 2008 programme final
The following table shows how many individuals left under AVR.
Asylum cases leaving under AVR programmes Non-Asylum cases leaving under AVR programmes 1999 50 — 2000 550 — 2001 980 — 2002 895 — 2003 1,755 — 2004 2,705 10 2005 3,235 420 2006 5,340 860 20071 2,865 1,290 20081 2,700 1,595 1 Provisional figures.
Both AVR and FRS are currently part funded by the European Union.