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Average cost of an Immigration Enforcement return FY 2024 to 2025
Estimated average cost of enforced and voluntary returns delivered by Immigration Enforcement for the financial year 2024 to 2025.
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This note sets out the estimated costs to Immigration Enforcement to deliver enforced and voluntary returns for financial year 2024 to 2025.
Total costs are estimated using financial actuals for each relevant service area and cost category.
These costs are then divided by the total number of enforced and voluntary returns based on published statistics.
This analysis finds that the average cost of an enforced return was £48,800 and the average cost of a voluntary return was £4,300 in financial year 2024 to 2025.
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Published 9 March 2026