Immigration
| Authority | Cabinet Office |
|---|---|
| Date received | 2024-08-06 |
| Outcome | Information not held |
| Outcome date | 2024-08-22 |
| Case ID | 4039136 |
Summary
A request for detailed immigration statistics, spending data, and illegal immigrant estimates for the Isle of Man was submitted to the Cabinet Office. The authority responded that it does not hold the requested information and directed the applicant to the Treasury and Department for Enterprise.
Key Facts
- The Cabinet Office confirmed it does not hold the information requested regarding immigration numbers, origins, or spending.
- Questions 1 through 5 were referred to the Customs and Immigration Division of the Isle of Man Treasury.
- Question 6 regarding relocation spending was referred to the Department for Enterprise and other individual departments.
- The request covered a 40-year period for immigration numbers and a 10-year period for spending and illegal immigrant data.
- The applicant was advised to submit new Freedom of Information requests to the referred authorities.
Data Disclosed
- 2024-08-06
- 2024-08-22
- 4039136
- 40 years
- 10 years
- IM1 3PN
- IM1 3PZ
- 01624 686244
- 01624 685980
Original Request
1. Please can you confirm how many immigrants have moved to the Isle of Man i.e. people who have moved here who are not already British citizens for the last 40 years split year by year. 2. Please could you also provide the countries that these immigrants have moved here for and on what basis they are permitted to be here. 3. Please can you confirm the amount that has been spent per year on processing, housing and other benefits for immigrants, for the last 10 years split year by year. 4. Please can you confirm the number of illegal immigrants that have been discovered on the Island and what had happened to them, i.e. are they deported for the last 10 years split year by year. 5. Please can you confirm the number of illegal immigrants the Cabinet Department estimates are currently on the Isle of Man for the last 10 years split year by year. 6. Please can you confirm how much has been spent on relocation of immigrants through Government schemes or for Government jobs for the last 10 years split year by year?
Data Tables (4)
| For | Customs | and | I | mmigration | Division, | Isle | of | Man | Treasury | may | be | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| able | to | help | you. | The | contact | details | are: | The | Treasury, | Head | Office, |
| may | wish | to | contact | directly | for | further | information | or | submit | a | Freedom | of | |||||||||||||
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| Information | request | here: | https://www.gov.im/about-the-government/freedom-of- | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| information/make-a-freedom-of-information-request/ | . |
Full Response Text
Government Office
Douglas
Isle of Man
IM1 3PN
Telephone: (+44) 01624 686244
Website: www.gov.im/co
Our ref: 4039136 22 August 2024
Dear ###
We write further to your request received 6 August 2024, which states:
"1. Please can you confirm how many immigrants have moved to the Isle of Man i.e. people who have moved here who are not already British citizens for the last 40 years split year by year.
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Please could you also provide the countries that these immigrants have moved here for and on what basis they are permitted to be here.
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Please can you confirm the amount that has been spent per year on processing, housing and other benefits for immigrants, for the last 10 years split year by year.
-
Please can you confirm the number of illegal immigrants that have been discovered on the Island and what had happened to them, i.e. are they deported for the last 10 years split year by year.
-
Please can you confirm the number of illegal immigrants the Cabinet Department estimates are currently on the Isle of Man for the last 10 years split year by year.
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Please can you confirm how much has been spent on relocation of immigrants through Government schemes or for Government jobs for the last 10 years split year by year?"
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Cabinet Office does not hold the information that you have requested.
For questions 1-5 the Customs and Immigration Division, Isle of Man Treasury may be able to help you. The contact details are: The Treasury, Head Office, 3rd Floor, Government Offices, Bucks Road, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 3PZ, e-mail: immigration@gov.im, telephone: 01624 685980. You may wish to submit a Freedom of Information request to the Treasury: https://www.gov.im/about-the- government/freedom-of-information/make-a-freedom-of-information-request/.
Regarding question 6, you may also be interested in relocation initiatives operated by the Department for Enterprise. Other Departments, Boards and Offices may have spending on relocation schemes or jobs funded from their individual budget who you
may wish to contact directly for further information or submit a Freedom of Information request here: https://www.gov.im/about-the-government/freedom-of- information/make-a-freedom-of-information-request/.
Please quote the reference number 4039136 in any future communications.
Your right to request a review
If you are unhappy with this response to your freedom of information request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response, by completing a complaint form and submitting it electronically or by delivery/post.
An electronic version of our complaint form can be found by going to our website at https://services.gov.im/freedom-of-information/Review . If you would like a paper version of our complaint form to be sent to you by post, please contact me and I will be happy to arrange for this. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made as soon as practicable. We will respond as soon as the review has been concluded.
If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal
to the Information Commissioner for a decision on;
1. Whether we have responded to your request for information in accordance with
Part 2 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015; or
2. Whether we are justified in refusing to give you the information requested.
In response to an application for review, the Information Commissioner may, at any
time, attempt to resolve a matter by negotiation, conciliation, mediation or another
form of alternative dispute resolution and will have regard to any outcome of this in
making any subsequent decision.
More detailed information on your right to a review can be found on the Information
Commissioner’s website at www.inforights.im.
Should you have any queries concerning this letter, please do not hesitate to contact
me.
Further information about freedom of information requests can be found at
www.gov.im/foi.
I will now close your request as of this date.
Yours sincerely