Written questions

Asylum: Sexual Offences

2026-05-19 · Home Office · 3188 · Official question

Sir John Hayes

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been denied refugee status since 2023 as a result of being on the sex offenders register.

Answer

The Home Office estimates that the cost of locating, collating and extracting the information you have requested on individuals denied refugee status since 2023 because of them being convicted of a sexual offence with a notification requirement would exce...