Civometry

Home Office · 6 May 2005 – 11 May 2010

Enforced returns during the Labour 2005–2010 government

2004 → 2009 · 5 periods

↓ 41.6%−8,918 returns

Enforced returns fell by 41.6% over the period, from 21,425 returns (2004, the level when the government took office) to 12,507 (2009, the last complete period before it left office). That is an average of −10.2% a year over the term.

  1. Inherited level 2004: 21,425
  2. Level when it left 2009: 12,507
  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.

Enforced returns: 2004 to Year ending June 2026LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour010k20k200520102015202020252004: 21,425 returns · published 27 August 20262005: 20,808 returns · published 27 August 20262006: 19,372 returns · published 27 August 20262007: 13,874 returns · published 27 August 20262008: 13,433 returns · published 27 August 20262009: 12,507 returns · published 27 August 20262010: 13,928 returns · published 27 August 20262011: 14,566 returns · published 27 August 20262012: 15,134 returns · published 27 August 20262013: 14,850 returns · published 27 August 20262014: 13,541 returns · published 27 August 20262015: 12,921 returns · published 27 August 20262016: 11,903 returns · published 27 August 20262017: 11,741 returns · published 27 August 20262018: 9,236 returns · published 27 August 20262019: 7,198 returns · published 27 August 20262020: 3,383 returns · published 27 August 20262021: 2,788 returns · published 27 August 20262022: 3,806 returns · published 27 August 20262023: 6,362 returns · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2025: 9,077 returns · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2026: 9,669 returns · published 27 August 2026
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestOne point a year is drawn; the source publishes overlapping year-ending figures, and every one is in the history table and CSVShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover, tap or use arrow keys to read a value; tap again to unpin
The chart as a table
PeriodEnforced returns
200421,425 returns
200520,808 returns
200619,372 returns
200713,874 returns
200813,433 returns
200912,507 returns
201013,928 returns
201114,566 returns
201215,134 returns
201314,850 returns
201413,541 returns
201512,921 returns
201611,903 returns
201711,741 returns
20189,236 returns
20197,198 returns
20203,383 returns
20212,788 returns
20223,806 returns
20236,362 returns
Year ending June 20259,077 returns
Year ending June 20269,669 returns

Definition and caveats

The number of enforced returns from the UK in a 12-month period, comprising enforced removals (from detention or not) and other returns from detention.

Doesn’t measure: Voluntary returns, people refused entry at port who then departed, or deportations as a legal category on their own.