14 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedHow many (a) 17 and (b) 18 year old irregular migrants there are in each local authority area.
ReplyThe Home Office publishes data on irregular arrivals in the ‘Irregular migration to the UK release’. Data on irregular arrivals broken down by age group are published in table Irr_D01 of the 'Irregular migration detailed datasets'. The Home Office does no...
14 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 13 November to Question 12585 on Undocumented Migrants, if she will make an estimate of the number of asylum seekers for which her Department doesn't have an address listed.
ReplyThere is no data published regarding asylum claimants without an address. The Home Office publishes statistics on the number of people in asylum accommodation in table Asy_D09 of the quarterly Immigration System Statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/s...
13 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2024 to Question 12574 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, how many irregular migrants aged (a) 14, (b) 15, (c) 16, (d) 17, (e) 18 and (f) 19 crossed the C
ReplyThe Home Office does not publish data on individual ages of small boat arrivals to the UK.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 incl...
13 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedIf she will list the number of passports issued in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) place of and (b) nationality at birth.
ReplyHis Majesty’s Passport Office does not hold data in a reportable format relating to an individual’s place or country of birth, and this information could therefore only be provided at disproportionate cost.
13 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2024 to Question 12491 on Crime: Undocumented Migrants, if she will publish the statistics that her Department holds on that matter.
ReplyThe Home Office does not publish data on individual ages of small boat arrivals to the UK.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 incl...
12 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedIf she will provide a breakdown of the primary language of registered sexual offenders.
ReplyQualifying offenders (i.e., those convicted for an offence in Schedule 3 to the Sexual Offences Act 2003) are required to notify personal details to the police. This system is often referred to as the ‘sex offenders’ register’ and requires offenders to pr...
12 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedHow many and what proportion of (a) asylum seekers and (b) undocumented migrants were eligible for support under (i) Section (A) 95 and (B) 98 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and (ii) Section 1
ReplyAs has long been the case. the Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide accommodation support to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute before their claim is decided and those without a valid claim can be removed. By clearing the backlog...
12 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedIf she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a curfew on irregular migrants housed in (a) hotels and (b) other types of accommodation.
ReplyI refer the Hon. Member to PQ 13616.
12 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat the total cost has been of providing private healthcare to irregular migrants in each year since 2018.
ReplyAsylum seekers are not provided with private healthcare.
11 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedHow much was paid by her Department to Serco in each of the last 10 years.
ReplyI refer the Honourable Member to the answer provided in PQ 15558.
11 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhether her Department places limits on the movements of irregular migrants housed in (a) hotels and (b) other accommodation.
ReplyThe Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide support and accommodation to destitute asylum seekers while their claim for asylum is being considered.Asylum seekers housed in asylum accommodation are not detained but are subject to the same laws as...
11 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedIf she will make an assessment of the potential merits of collecting data on the nationality at birth of people on the sex offenders register.
ReplyQualifying offenders (i.e.those convicted for an offence in Schedule 3 to the Sexual Offences Act 2003) are required to notify personal details to the police. This system is often referred to as the ‘sex offenders’ register’ and requires offenders to prov...
11 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWith reference to the transparency data published by her Department entitled Small boat arrivals: last 7 days, if she will make it her policy to include information on the sex of migrants in this data
ReplyOfficial 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...
8 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedHow many irregular migrants are in hotel accommodation.
ReplyData on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation, by local authority and accommodation type, can be found within the Asy_D11 tab for our most recent stats release: Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a n...
8 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedHow many citizenship applications were granted in each of the last 20 years by original nationality.
ReplyThis data is published online quarterly and for the period in question can be found under the heading ‘Citizenship’ at:https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#citizenship.The relevant table is called C...
8 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat proportion of reported retail thefts have resulted in a charge in each of the last five years.
ReplyThe Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of shoplifting offences and their investigative outcomes recorded by the police in England and Wales on a quarterly basis.The proportion of shoplifting offences which resulted in a “Charge/S...
5 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2024 to Question 11395 on Undocumented Migrants: Offenders, if she will publish information on the proportion of irregular migrants who have (a) previous criminal
ReplyOfficial 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, as well as quality and availability of data.
5 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhether her Department provides free English lessons for irregular migrants.
ReplyThe Home Office does not provide English Language lessons as part of the provision of Asylum Support.
5 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedHow many irregular migrants were housed in hotels of each star rating in each year since 2018.
ReplyData on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation, by local authority and accommodation type, can be found within the Asy_D11 tab for our most recent stats release: Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The Governm...
4 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat her department's policy is on (a) engines, (b) boats and (c) life jackets recovered from irregular migrant arrivals; and what the cost to the public purse was of the (i) storage of, (ii) destruct
ReplyAll vessels that have been subject to seizure are held by Border Force until completion of any criminal investigation activities. The majority of boats are not fit for re-sale or to ever go to sea again, as they arrive in very poor condition and may be da...