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What was the cost of the six-day live facial recognition trial at Holyhead port in November 2025.
The budget for the Immigration Enforcement Live Facial Recognition trials in Holyhead in November 2025 was £50,000; this was to cover the cost of the police technical support for 6 days of deployments and the watchlist production.The deployments were completed on budget.
How many (a) allegations of non-fatal strangulation have been made that were not proceeded against and (b) cases for that offence were dropped due to evidence deficiencies since 29 April 2021.
The Home Office collects information on the number of investigative outcomes for offences recorded by the police in England and Wales.From 1st of June 2022, the subcodes ‘008/78 Racially or religiously aggravated non-fatal strangulation or suffocation’ and ‘008/77 non-fatal strangulation or suffocation’ were introduced.The below table shows the number of these offences and their investigative outcomes.Table – number of non-fatal strangulation offences2 recorded by the police in England and Wales1 (excluding Humberside police), 1st June 2022 to year ending March 2025, by outcomeCharged/Summonsed14,016Out-of-court (formal)1,191Out-of-court (informal)723Evidential difficulties (suspect identified; victim supports action)20,712Evidential difficulties (victim does not support action)51,628Prosecution prevented or not in the public interest1,258Investigation complete - no suspect identified2,912Further action undertaken by another body/agency1,932Further investigation resulting from the crime report that could provide evidence sufficient to support formal action being taken against the suspect is not in the public interest - police decision450Diversionary, educational or intervention activity, resulting from the crime report, has been undertaken and it is not in the public interest to take any further action498Not yet assigned outcome5,629Grand Total100,949NotesExcludes Humberside police who were unable to provide data to the Home Office Data HubConsists of subcodes ‘008/78 Racially or religiously aggravated non-fatal strangulation or suffocation’ and ‘008/77 non-fatal strangulation or suffocation’Subcodes 008/78 and 008/77 were introduced from 1st June 2022 The Home Office does not hold information on the number of allegations of non-fatal strangulation.
In reference to the Migration Advisory Committee report published on 10 June 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) revising and (b) lowering the family visa financial requirements.
On 10 June the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) published their independent review of the financial requirements across the family routes. The report is now under review, and the Home Office will respond in due course.