Every parliamentary written question tabled by John Hayes this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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If she will make an assessment of which nationalities are most likely to overstay their visa.
The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration system under regular review, in consultation with a wide range of experts and stakeholders, and published a white paper on Immigration on 12th May setting out our proposed reforms in a range of areas, including overstaying of visas.
How much ketamine by (a) volume and (b) value has been seized in the UK over the last 12 months.
The Home Office latest published data on amphetamine, ketamine and MDMA seizures made by the police and Border Force for England and Wales covers the period April 2023-March 2024 and can be found here:https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/seizures-of-drugs-in-england-and-wales-financial-year-ending-2024The Home Office does not publish the monetary (£) value of drugs seized. In the year ending March 2024, the latest published statistics show that police forces and Border Force seized:2,337 amphetamine seizures, totalling 285 kg2,252 ketamine seizures, totalling 855 kg1,919 MDMA seizures, totalling 1.6 tonnesBorder Force also publish quarterly transparency data which includes amphetamine, ketamine and MDMA seizures, and can be found here:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/border-force-transparency-data-q4-2024Please find below the relevant statistics from the Q4 Border Force transparency data publication. 2023 Q42024 Q12024 Q22024 Q3TotalAmphetamines (KG)13.0913.705.9025.7558.44Ketamine (KG)152.08311.80100.33419.40983.61MDMA (Ecstasy) (Dose 000s)466.80241.33284.16219.451,211.73
How many Police Constable Degree Apprenticeships were (a) started and (b) completed in the last three years.
The Home Office does not routinely publish information on entry routes of police officers.The Home Office published a one-off release including data on the entry routes of police officers recruited during the Police Office Uplift Programme, from 1 November 2019 to 31 March 2023, available here:The data includes the number of police officers recruited via the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship pathway but it does not include the number of completed programmes. The Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship is one of four complementary entry routes available for forces to choose from to suit their local workforce requirements. The College of Policing is currently working with the policing sector and other partners to ensure that all police constable entry routes are as effective as they can be, to improve the experience of forces and participants and to enable streamlined, practical training with reduced cost to forces.
How many people were convicted of taking control over the home of another person to use it for criminal activity in each of the last five years.
The taking control over the home of another person to use it for criminal activity, often referred to as ‘cuckooing’, is not currently a standalone criminal offence and therefore there is no data on the number of convictions. However, the Government recognises the harm caused by cuckooing which is why we are introducing a new criminal offence in the Crime and Policing Bill. This new cuckooing offence will ensure that we are taking strong action against those who prey on vulnerable people and help to ensure that victims are identified and protected from this appalling crime.
How many people had to wait longer than 10 days for a death certificate to be issued following the death of a family member since 2019.
The Office for National Statistics publishes weekly and annual data sets on death registration which includes the median time taken to register a death.
Whether she has had recent discussions with local authorities on improving processing times for death certificates.
Home Office Ministers have not recently discussed processing times for death certificates with local authorities.
What assessment has she made of recent trends of retail crime in Lincolnshire.
The Home Office collects and publishes official statistics on various retail offences recorded by Police Force Area, including Lincolnshire, on a quarterly basis, which can be accessed here:https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables
How many people in the UK on tourist visas went on to claim asylum in each of the last five years.
Data on the ‘Source of asylum claims in 2024’ was published by the Home Office on 30th March 2025. The remaining requested data is not available from published statistics and could only be collated and verified for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
How many people in the UK on student visas later claimed asylum in each of the last five years.
Data on the ‘Source of asylum claims in 2024’ was published by the Home Office on 30th March 2025. The remaining requested data is not available from published statistics and could only be collated and verified for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
How many people who entered the UK on a visa and who now live in (a) asylum hotels and (b) other state-funded accommodation are from (i) Pakistan, (ii) Nigeria and (iii) Sri Lanka.
Data on the ‘Source of asylum claims in 2024’ was published by the Home Office on 30th March 2025. The remaining requested data is not available from published statistics and could only be collated and verified for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
What steps is she taking to tackle fraudulent Certificates of Sponsorship as a route for illegal immigration.
Certificates of sponsorship (CoS) are electronic documents created by sponsors licensed by the Home Office. If we identify that a fraudulent, non-genuine CoS has been submitted, that does not match our records, we shall refuse the application.
What steps she is taking to prevent blank guns being converted to weapons which can fire live rounds.
The Government keeps firearms legislation under close review to ensure that the law responds to threats to public safety posed by firearms including converted blank firing firearms.Blank firing guns are, generally speaking, regarded as imitation firearms under firearms legislation. They are categorised by how the discharge, or vent, fumes or gases when fired: either at the top of the gun known as Top Venting Blank Firers, or from the front of the gun known as Forward Venting Blank Firers. In particular, realistic imitation firearms are subject to controls under the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006, while readily convertible imitation firearms, which are those blank firing firearms that can be converted to fire live ammunition without any special skill and using tools or equipment that are generally available are, by virtue of the Firearms Act 1982, controlled under the Firearms Act 1968.In response to concern about specific types of Top Venting blank firing firearms being converted into lethal firearms and used in crime, the Government has worked closely with the National Crime Agency and the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) lead on illegal firearms, and it has taken action against specific types of Top Venting blank firing firearms. Following testing in 2024, these blank firing firearms had been found to be readily convertible and therefore contrary to firearms legislation. The specific features of these blank firing firearms also means they fall within the prohibited categories of firearms provided for by section 5 of the Firearms Act 1968. An amnesty was organised by the NPCC lead in which anyone in possession of the specific types of Top Venting blank firing firearms was able to hand them into a local police station. The amnesty started on 3 February 2025 and ran for four weeks.
How many people were fined under the clandestine entrant civil penalty scheme in each of the last ten years.
The table below shows the number of CECP penalties issued each year for the last 10 years, with the value of how much has been paid against those penalties.Years.32Value of penalties paids.31AValue of penalties paid20152611£2,769,153.5800.0020163029£3,326,748.3600.0020171700£2,269,684.7300.0020181584£1,891,368.3500.0020196136£7,124,350.9700.0020208002£8,524,296.9500.0020213961£6,306,986.5800.0020223618£4,835,220.4600.0020231939£3,989,365.87761£1,601,920.4020242164£2,652,440.053257£2,892,122.46
If she will make it her policy to ban the use of DeepSeek by her Department.
The Government has a robust set of security policies in place to oversee how information is handled, within our buildings, on our IT, and by our staff.We keep these policies under constant review to ensure they are applicable to new technologies.The UK Government only uses corporately assured Generative AI tools to process HMG information. Everyone who works in government has a duty of confidentiality and a responsibility to safeguard any government information or data that they process, access or share, and all government departments are required to meet a range of mandatory security standards.
How much was raised by fines from the clandestine entrant civil penalty scheme in the last ten years.
The table below shows the number of CECP penalties issued each year for the last 10 years, with the value of how much has been paid against those penalties.Years.32Value of penalties paids.31AValue of penalties paid20152611£2,769,153.5800.0020163029£3,326,748.3600.0020171700£2,269,684.7300.0020181584£1,891,368.3500.0020196136£7,124,350.9700.0020208002£8,524,296.9500.0020213961£6,306,986.5800.0020223618£4,835,220.4600.0020231939£3,989,365.87761£1,601,920.4020242164£2,652,440.053257£2,892,122.46
How many cryptoassets were seized from criminals in the last year.
The Government does not currently publish the amount of cryptocurrency restrained/recovered under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.The Home office is reviewing plans to publish new statistics on Crypto assets as part of future bulletins on asset recovery in response to the new powers that came into effect in April 2024.
How many British citizens gave up their citizenship in each of the last 10 years.
The Home Office publishes information on British Citizenship in the Immigration system statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk), including annual figures on granted and refused renunciations of British nationality (see Table Cit_05 of the Citizenship data tables).Information is available up to 2023. Data for 2024 is due to be published in May 2025. Details on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’.
How many British citizens had their citizenship revoked in each of the last 10 years.
The British Nationality Act 1981 provides the Secretary of State with powers to deprive a person of citizenship status only under the circumstances set out at sections 40(2) and 40(3) of the Act. Section 40(2) allows the Secretary of State to deprive any person of British citizenship, should they deem it conducive to the public good to do so.Detail on the numbers of conducive deprivation orders made under Section 40(2) of the 1981 British Nationality Act, are published in the Government Transparency Report: Disruptive and Investigatory Powers. Eight reports have been published to date providing the number of deprivations of citizenship orders made up until the end of 2023 and can be found at the below:YearSource and link2015HM government transparency report 2015: disruptive and investigatory powers2017Disruptive and investigatory powers: HM government transparency report - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)2018Disruptive and investigatory powers: transparency report 2018 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)2018/19Transparency report: disruptive 2020Disruptive powers 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)2021Counter-terrorism disruptive powers report 2021 - GOV.UK2022Counter-terrorism disruptive powers report 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)2023Counter-terrorism disruptive powers report 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)Section 40(3) of the 1981 British Nationality Act, allows for deprivation of citizenship where fraud, false representation or concealment of material facts have been used to obtain British citizenship. Since August 2020 these figures have been published via the Transparency report on asylum data, which can be found using the link below: Immigration and protection data: Q3 2024 - GOV.UK
What information her Department holds on the number of British citizens who hold more than two passports.
The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
How many British citizens held dual citizenship in each of the last five years.
The Home Office does not hold the requested data.