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To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord West of Spithead on 15 December 2009 (WA 192), how many of the 9,275 failed asylum seekers have now been removed. [HL1723]
Of the 9,275 unsuccessful removals of failed asylum seekers for the period 1 April 2008 to 30 November 2009, 4,303 have since been successfully removed from the UK (2,754 in financial year 2008-09, and 1,549 in financial year 2009-10 to 5 February).
These figures do not constitute part of National Statistics as they are based on internal management information. The information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols and should be treated as provisional and subject to change.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord West of Spithead on 3 December 2009 (WA 63), how much money was spent on removing failed asylum seekers in each of the last three years. [HL1728]
It is not possible to provide a definitive figure on how much money is spent on removing failed asylum seekers. As I previously explained in my answer of 3 December 2009 (WA 63), due to the many different factors which may or may not be involved in the cost of a removal, we are unable to disaggregate the specific costs and any attempt to do so would incur disproportionate cost.