Home Office · 8 May 20159 June 2017

Returns by destination group during the Conservative 2015–2017 government

2015 Q12017 Q1 · 8 periods

4.4%635 returns

Returns by destination group fell by 4.4% over the period, from 14,540 returns (2015 Q1, the level when the government took office) to 13,905 (2017 Q1, the last complete period before it left office). That is an average of 2.2% a year over the term.

  1. Inherited level 2015 Q1: 14,540
  2. Level when it left 2017 Q1: 13,905
  3. method: latest complete period before start / before end

Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.

Returns by destination group: 2004 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour05k10k15k200520102015202020252004 Q1: 17,994 returns · published 27 August 20262004 Q2: 14,478 returns · published 27 August 20262004 Q3: 13,931 returns · published 27 August 20262004 Q4: 14,755 returns · published 27 August 20262005 Q1: 13,902 returns · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 13,941 returns · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 14,813 returns · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 15,560 returns · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 15,634 returns · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 16,182 returns · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 15,261 returns · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 16,790 returns · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 15,488 returns · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 15,941 returns · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 16,874 returns · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 17,605 returns · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 17,800 returns · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 16,379 returns · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 18,753 returns · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 17,522 returns · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 17,261 returns · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 17,286 returns · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 19,050 returns · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 18,011 returns · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 16,870 returns · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 15,788 returns · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 16,339 returns · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 15,139 returns · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 15,503 returns · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 13,218 returns · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 15,419 returns · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 16,483 returns · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 15,006 returns · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 14,642 returns · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 15,137 returns · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 15,396 returns · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 15,002 returns · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 15,388 returns · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 15,435 returns · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 15,500 returns · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 15,076 returns · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 13,760 returns · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 14,509 returns · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 14,570 returns · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 14,540 returns · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 14,789 returns · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 15,595 returns · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 16,289 returns · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 15,137 returns · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 14,605 returns · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 14,418 returns · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 14,133 returns · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 13,905 returns · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 11,912 returns · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 13,005 returns · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 12,418 returns · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 11,656 returns · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 10,456 returns · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 11,036 returns · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 11,445 returns · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 10,439 returns · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 9,237 returns · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 9,011 returns · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 9,549 returns · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 7,283 returns · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 1,501 returns · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 4,560 returns · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 5,184 returns · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 4,785 returns · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 7,351 returns · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 8,465 returns · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 8,308 returns · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 8,882 returns · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 8,911 returns · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 10,086 returns · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 10,472 returns · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 11,926 returns · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 12,403 returns · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 13,729 returns · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 13,521 returns · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 13,810 returns · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 13,959 returns · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 15,262 returns · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 15,184 returns · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 14,644 returns · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 13,309 returns · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 14,863 returns · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 15,253 returns · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 14,541 returns · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 14,594 returns · published 27 August 2026

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The chart as a table
PeriodReturns by destination group
2004 Q117,994 returns
2004 Q214,478 returns
2004 Q313,931 returns
2004 Q414,755 returns
2005 Q113,902 returns
2005 Q213,941 returns
2005 Q314,813 returns
2005 Q415,560 returns
2006 Q115,634 returns
2006 Q216,182 returns
2006 Q315,261 returns
2006 Q416,790 returns
2007 Q115,488 returns
2007 Q215,941 returns
2007 Q316,874 returns
2007 Q417,605 returns
2008 Q117,800 returns
2008 Q216,379 returns
2008 Q318,753 returns
2008 Q417,522 returns
2009 Q117,261 returns
2009 Q217,286 returns
2009 Q319,050 returns
2009 Q418,011 returns
2010 Q116,870 returns
2010 Q215,788 returns
2010 Q316,339 returns
2010 Q415,139 returns
2011 Q115,503 returns
2011 Q213,218 returns
2011 Q315,419 returns
2011 Q416,483 returns
2012 Q115,006 returns
2012 Q214,642 returns
2012 Q315,137 returns
2012 Q415,396 returns
2013 Q115,002 returns
2013 Q215,388 returns
2013 Q315,435 returns
2013 Q415,500 returns
2014 Q115,076 returns
2014 Q213,760 returns
2014 Q314,509 returns
2014 Q414,570 returns
2015 Q114,540 returns
2015 Q214,789 returns
2015 Q315,595 returns
2015 Q416,289 returns
2016 Q115,137 returns
2016 Q214,605 returns
2016 Q314,418 returns
2016 Q414,133 returns
2017 Q113,905 returns
2017 Q211,912 returns
2017 Q313,005 returns
2017 Q412,418 returns
2018 Q111,656 returns
2018 Q210,456 returns
2018 Q311,036 returns
2018 Q411,445 returns
2019 Q110,439 returns
2019 Q29,237 returns
2019 Q39,011 returns
2019 Q49,549 returns
2020 Q17,283 returns
2020 Q21,501 returns
2020 Q34,560 returns
2020 Q45,184 returns
2021 Q14,785 returns
2021 Q27,351 returns
2021 Q38,465 returns
2021 Q48,308 returns
2022 Q18,882 returns
2022 Q28,911 returns
2022 Q310,086 returns
2022 Q410,472 returns
2023 Q111,926 returns
2023 Q212,403 returns
2023 Q313,729 returns
2023 Q413,521 returns
2024 Q113,810 returns
2024 Q213,959 returns
2024 Q315,262 returns
2024 Q415,184 returns
2025 Q114,644 returns
2025 Q213,309 returns
2025 Q314,863 returns
2025 Q415,253 returns
2026 Q114,541 returns
2026 Q214,594 returns

Definition and caveats

The number of returns from the UK in each quarter across all return types (enforced, voluntary and refused entry at port and subsequently departed), split by whether the destination was the person's home country, an EU member state or another country.

Doesn’t measure: Enforced or voluntary returns alone, or the specific destination country. The total includes people refused entry at port, which the summary enforced and voluntary series exclude.