Every parliamentary written question tabled by Neil O'Brien this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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With reference to table EUSS_D01 published as part of the release entitled Immigration system statistics, year ending March 2026, how many applications to the EU Settlement Scheme were made by applicants who did not hold any existing EU Settlement Scheme status at the time of application, in each year ending March from the year ending March 2022 to the year ending March 2026.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to table EUSS_D01 published as part of the release entitled Immigration system statistics, year ending March 2026, how many applications to the EU Settlement Scheme made by joining family members were recorded in each year ending March from the year ending March 2022 to the year ending March 2026.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to the Answer of 19 February 2024 to Question 13523 on Counter-terrorism: Prisoners, how many referrals were made to the Prevent programme by HM Prison and Probation Service in each financial year since 2015/16, broken down by category of extremism.
Awaiting answer.
How many people with refugee status ceased receiving Home Office asylum support in each of the last 12 months.
Awaiting answer.
Pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2026 to Question 306, what her planned timetable is to (a) tender and (b) agree the replacement Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts and Advice, Issue, Reporting and Eligibility contracts.
Awaiting answer.
How many people aged 18 and over currently hold refugee status in the United Kingdom.
Awaiting answer.
How many grants of indefinite leave to remain were revoked in the last twelve months.
Awaiting answer.
How many grants of indefinite leave to remain were revoked in January, February and March of this year.
Awaiting answer.
What recent progress her Department has made on agreeing the Future Asylum Contracts Accommodation.
The Future Asylum Contract Transformation Project (FACT) is the Project responsible for delivering the replacement Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts (AASC) and Advice, Issue, Reporting and Eligibility (AIRE) contracts to ensure continuous delivery of asylum accommodation from September 2029 onwards.As with all Public Sector contracts, re-procurement is required to replace any expiring contracts to ensure value for money solutions to support delivery of future Asylum initiatives.Throughout 2025 the Home Office has been conducting market engagement to ensure the delivery model meets the above aims. On 14/04/26 an industry day was held with potential suppliers.
What recent progress her Department has made on agreeing the Future Asylum Contracts Accommodation.
Awaiting answer.
How many grants of indefinite leave to remain were revoked in January, February and March of this year.
Awaiting answer.
How many grants of indefinite leave to remain were revoked in the last twelve months.
Awaiting answer.
How many, in each of the last 10 years (a) individuals and (b) organisations were empowered under the Community Safety Accreditation Scheme.
The Community Safety Accreditation Scheme enables police chief officers to accredit and designate non-police personnel with limited powers to address low level crime. The Home Office does not hold information on the number of accredited individuals or organisations as the responsibility for accreditation, training and the recording of accreditations under the Scheme, rests with the chief officer of the relevant police force.
How many grants of indefinite leave to remain have been revoked and have lapsed in the most recent year or quarter for which data is available.
The information requested is not available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate costs. Under section 12(1) of the FOIA, the Home Office is not obliged to comply with an information request where to do so would exceed the appropriate limit.
How many grants of indefinite leave to remain have been revoked this month
There were 8 grants of ILR revoked in March and 5 grants of ILR have been revoked in April 2026 to date.
How many grants of indefinite leave to remain have been revoked and have lapsed in each year since 2004.
The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate costs. Under section 12(1) of the FOIA, the Home Office is not obliged to comply with an information request where to do so would exceed the appropriate limit.
How many asylum-related returns there were in 2025 for people from (a) Bangladesh, (b) Afghanistan, (c) Iran and (d) Sri Lanka.
As you are aware, the Home Office publishes statistics on the number of returns from the UK in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. The latest data on returns from the UK, by nationality and asylum and non-asylum is published in table Ret_04 of the ‘Returns summary tables’. The latest data goes up to the end of December 2025.Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, the resources required to compile the statistics, as well as quality and availability of data. These reviews allow us to balance the production of our regular statistics whilst developing new statistics for future release.
With reference to sheet Ret_04 of the data release entitled 'Returns summary tables, year ending December 2025', updated on 26 February 2026, if she will publish a further breakdown of the nationalities currently grouped under "Other” for asylum-related returns in 2025.
As you are aware, the Home Office publishes statistics on the number of returns from the UK in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. The latest data on returns from the UK, by nationality and asylum and non-asylum is published in table Ret_04 of the ‘Returns summary tables’. The latest data goes up to the end of December 2025.Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, the resources required to compile the statistics, as well as quality and availability of data. These reviews allow us to balance the production of our regular statistics whilst developing new statistics for future release.
How many foreign national offenders in the UK are currently living in the community while liable for deportation after completing prison sentences.
Latest published information shows that at the end of Q4 2025 there were 19,470 foreign national offenders (FNOs) living in the community having completed their custodial sentences and subject to deportation or administrative removal. The published information can be found at: Migration transparency data - GOV.UK.Any FNO convicted of a crime who receives a custodial sentence in the UK is referred to the Home Office for deportation consideration following sentencing. We are focussing resource on those cases currently serving custodial sentences to maximise removals directly from prison.Where removal is not immediately possible, electronic monitoring can be used to manage FNOs.We will pursue deportation action against individuals living in the community rigorously, actively monitoring and managing cases through the legal process and negotiating barriers to removal.
With reference to sheet Asy_01e of the data release entitled Asylum summary tables, year ending December 2025, updated on 26 February 2026, whether she will publish a further breakdown of the nationalities currently grouped under "Other” for people claiming asylum after entering the UK with a visa or other leave in 2025, by latest leave held prior to claim.
The Home Office publishes breakdowns of the number of people claiming asylum after entering the UK with a visa or other leave, by nationality and latest leave held prior to claim, for the top five nationalities in Asy_01e. This table does not currently include a full nationality breakdown. The total number of people claiming asylum after entering the UK on a visa or other leave is published in Asy_01d for Afghanistan and Sudan.The Home Office does publish a full nationality breakdown of data on asylum claims and initial decisions, in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. The latest data relates to the year ending December 2025.A full Impact Assessment has been published for the Visa Brake policy; see Table 1 for historic volumes of asylum claims linked to visa for the relevant nationalities and routes in scope of the Brake.Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, the resources required to compile the statistics, as well as quality and availability of data. These reviews allow us to balance the production of our regular statistics whilst developing new statistics for future release.