3 Dec 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedIf she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a consultation process with local residents before (a) a hotel and (b) other accommodation is used to house irregular migrants.
ReplyThe Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and subsistence support whilst their application for asylum is being considered.The Home Office liaises with statutory partners, including local authorities ...
3 Dec 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the answer of 2 December 2024 to Question 15393 on Undocumented Migrants: Hotels, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing a breakdown of the Asylum Accommodati
ReplyI refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 27 November to question UIN 15076.
3 Dec 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 2 December to Question 15294 on Undocumented Migrants: Public Opinion, if she will publish all polling results the Department holds on public opinion regarding irregular migr
ReplyA polling contract is currently in place with Savanta Group Limited. This two-year contract commenced in August 2023 and is available online on Contracts Finder. Spend on irregular migration polling cannot be provided. The department polls on a range of p...
2 Dec 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedIf the Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum will meet the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth to discuss data release policies.
ReplyHome Office statistics comply with the Code of Practice for Statistics (“the Code”). This means these statistics meet the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value as set out in ‘the Code’. Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Sta...
2 Dec 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedIf he will provide a list of all contracted services from GTD Healthcare; and what the cost to the public purse of those services is.
ReplyHome Office does not hold any direct contracts with GTD Healthcare.
2 Dec 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedIf she will list all contracted services undertaken by Serco related to irregular migrants.
ReplyInformation about contracts worth over £12,000 (including VAT) agreed by the Government and its agencies is available at: Contracts Finder - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
2 Dec 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedIf she will list all companies contracted by her Department to undertake work related to (a) irregular migration and (b) irregular migrants.
ReplyInformation about contracts worth over £12,000 (including VAT) agreed by the Government and its agencies is available at: Contracts Finder - GOV.UK. Extracting the relevant information from this publicly available data source for the purposes of answering...
2 Dec 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedHow many (a) churches (b) synagogues (c) mosques and (d) other places of worship were investigated for suspected ties to extremism in each of the last five years.
ReplyThe Home Office does not conduct investigations into suspected ties to extremism for places of worship.It is for the police to conduct investigations if an alleged criminal offence is reported to them.
2 Dec 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedIf she will publish a breakdown of the conditions that need to be met for an person to be placed on the terror watchlist.
ReplyIt is longstanding policy not to discuss either the specific information held on any security-related watchlist, the source of the information or how it is used.To do so would be harmful to the national security of the UK.
2 Dec 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedHow individuals on the terror watchlist are monitored.
ReplyIt is longstanding policy not to discuss either the specific information held on any security-related watchlist, the source of the information or how it is used.To do so would be harmful to the national security of the UK.
2 Dec 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedHow many and what proportion of individuals on the terror watchlist are (a) UK citizens, (b) Dual national citizens, (c) UK citizens with at least one non-UK parent and (d) non-UK citizens.
ReplyIt is longstanding policy not to discuss either the specific information held on any security-related watchlist, the source of the information or how it is used.To do so would be harmful to the national security of the UK.
2 Dec 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedIf she will conduct a review of the accuracy of the methodology used to collect immigration statistics.
ReplyHome Office statistics comply with the Code of Practice for Statistics (“the Code”). This means these statistics meet the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value as set out in ‘the Code’. Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Sta...
2 Dec 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat the cost to the public purse was of the provision of taxis for irregular migrants in each year since 2018.
ReplyTransport services for asylum seekers are provided through our Asylum Accommodation & Support Contracts. We pay a fixed rate for transportation services which is set out in the contracts. Our suppliers must deliver transportation requirements in line ...
28 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedHow many international (a) air miles and (b) flights have been completed by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in their Department since 5 July 2024.
ReplyData on ministers’ overseas travel and on senior civil servants’ business expenses is published on a quarterly basis. The latest publications can be found here:Home Office: senior officials' business expenses, January 2024 to March 2024 - GOV.UKHome Offic...
27 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedIf she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an official and voluntary scheme for hon. Members to house (a) asylum seekers and (b) irregular migrants.
ReplyThere are currently no such Government-backed voluntary schemes for housing asylum seekers for any households in the UK, regardless of whether that household contains an MP. It is up to MPs to decide who they might wish to live with - this is not a matter...
26 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat steps her Department takes to help determine the ages of irregular migrants.
ReplyWhere an individual claims to be a child without any documentary evidence, and where there is reason to doubt their claimed age, immigration officers are required to make an initial age decision to determine whether the individual should be treated as a c...
26 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2024 to Question 11414 on Undocumented Migrants: Crimes of Violence, if she will make it her policy to publish data on (a) recorded incidents of assault against he
ReplyI refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 27 November to question UIN 15076.
26 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 26 November to Question 14345 on Undocumented Migrants, if she will make it her policy to publish data on the number of asylum seekers for whom her Department does not have a
ReplyI refer the Honourable Member to the Answer I gave on 27 November to his Question UIN 15076.
26 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat information her Department holds on asylum seekers visiting their country of origin whilst still resident in the UK.
ReplyClaimants whose asylum claim has not been decided are not permitted to leave the UK without permission, for example to visit their country of origin, until their claim has been concluded. If they do so, their claim may be withdrawn under the Immigration R...
25 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWith reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Border Security and Asylum in response to the question from the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth during Oral Questions to the Home Office on 2
ReplyI refer the Honourable Member to the statistics published on Thursday 28 November by the Home Office which can be found on the Migration statistics gov.uk page.Data on Foreign national offenders in UK prisons is available in the House of Lords Library and...