Home Office Spend £8,895,027 on Charter Flights in 2017

1,664 people, 1,565 males and 99 females, were forcibly removed on 42 Charter Flights, January through December 2017.

Destination countries were:

Albania 15 flights, 681 people

Pakistan 11 flights, 489 people

Nigeria/Ghana 7 flights, 261 people

Germany 5 flights, 120 people

Nigeria 2 flights, 57 people

Jamaica 1 flight, 32 people

Bulgaria/Czech Republic/France 1flight, 24 people

49.5% of those removed were to European Union countries

Average cost to remove each individual £5,345.56

Data source, Freedom of Information Requests to the Home Office