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Written questions by Lowe.

Every parliamentary written question tabled by Rupert Lowe this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.

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25 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
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If he will publish a list of the hotels housing irregular migrants, broken down by star rating; and if he will provide the number of irregular migrants in each hotel.

Reply

Data 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...

24 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
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How many terrorist plots there have been by the ideology of the perpetrators in each of the last five years.

Reply

On 08 October, DG MI5 gave his latest update on the current national security threats facing the UK.During his annual threat report, he outlined that since March 2017, MI5 and the police have together disrupted 43 late-stage attack plots.

24 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
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How many and what proportion of irregular migrants who claim to be under 18 have undergone age assessments since 2018; and how many and what proportion of those assessed were found to be 18 or over.

Reply

The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on age disputes raised and resolved is published in table Asy_D05 of the ‘Asylum applications, initial decisions and resettlement detailed datasets’.Th...

24 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
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How many crimes were committed by undocumented migrants by each crime committed in each year since 2018.

Reply

The information requested is not available from published statistics.Any foreign national who is convicted of a crime and given a prison sentence is considered for deportation at the earliest opportunity.Under the UK Borders Act 2007, a deportation order ...

24 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
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If he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of (a) translation and (b) interpretation services provided by (a) all police forces and (b) Norfolk Constabulary each year for the previous

Reply

The Home Office does not hold information relating to the proportion of budgets spent on translation and interpretation services for police forces.Decisions on how to use funding and resources are an operational matter for Chief Constables.Police and Crim...

18 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
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What steps she is taking to ensure that foreign nationals do not stay in the UK beyond their visa expiry date.

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It is the responsibility of foreign nationals to ensure they are compliant with the terms of their visa. However, we have a range of measures in place to ensure that those who do not comply with their visa conditions are unable to access benefits and serv...

18 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
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How many spousal visas were rejected in each of the last five years by nationality.

Reply

The Home Office publishes information on Family-related visas in the Immigration system statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk), direct link to the Entry clearance (family-related) visa data tables. The statistics relate to applications and out...

18 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
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What estimate her Department has made of the number of irregular migrants in the UK.

Reply

By its very nature, it is not possible to know the exact size of the irregular migrant population. In June 2019, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published a note on ‘measuring illegal migration’.The Home Office does publish statistics on detected...

15 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
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Whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of leaving the European Convention on Human Rights on her Department's ability to deport foreign national offenders.

Reply

This Government is unequivocally committed to the European Convention on Human Rights.

15 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
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What steps her Department is taking to ensure that police officers are able to effectively engage with all communities.

Reply

Police forces that reflect the communities they serve are crucial to maintaining public trust and confidence in a modern diverse society, and the police workforce is now more representative than it has ever been.The Home Secretary has also made a clear co...

15 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
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Whether her Department holds data on where foreign nationals released from prison reside.

Reply

We are committed to delivering justice for victims and safer streets for our communities.Any foreign national offender (FNOs) convicted of a crime who receives a custodial sentence in the UK is referred to the Home Office for deportation consideration fol...

4 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
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If she will publish a constituency level breakdown of where all irregular migrants are being housed including accommodation type.

Reply

Data 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...

4 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
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How many irregular migrants that have arrived by small boat have been granted asylum in each of the last five years.

Reply

The Home Office publishes statistics on detected small boat arrivals to the UK in the ‘Irregular migration to the UK statistics’ release. Data on initial decisions on asylum applications from small boat arrivals, including the number granted, is published...

4 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
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How many and what proportion of foreign nationals sentenced to a period of imprisonment of at least 12 months have been deported in each of the last five years; and what mitigating factors the Foreign

Reply

The Home Office publishes statistics on the returns of foreign national offenders by nationality and year. These returns are published in the Returns Detailed Datasets, Year Ending June 2024; which are available at: Immigration system statistics data tabl...

4 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
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How many people have been deported by country of destination on each day this year.

Reply

The Home Office publishes data on individuals who are returned from the UK as a part of the “Immigrations Systems Statistics Quarterly Release”. The total number of enforced returns of individuals by destination can be found in table Ret_D02 of the “retur...

10 Sept 2024·Home Office·Answered
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How many positions in her Department included (a) diversity, (b) inclusion, (c) equity and (d) equality in their job title in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of the salaries of ea

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Home Office does not routinely collate information on specific words and collating this information would come at a disproportionate cost.Information on spending and staffing can be found in the Department's annual report and accounts.

9 Sept 2024·Home Office·Answered
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How many beds are reserved to house irregular migrants; and what the cost is of those beds.

Reply

The Home Office does not reserve beds for irregular migrants. In accordance with the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, the Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and subsistence support whilst their ap...

6 Sept 2024·Home Office·Answered
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What the average daily (a) upkeep and (b) accommodation cost is per irregular migrant; and what the total daily cost to the public purse incurred as a result of irregular migrants is as of 6 September

Reply

The Home Office has a statutory obligation to support and accommodate asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute. It does not publish a breakdown of statistics which disaggregates asylum accommodation costs by type, or any broader cost information re...

30 Aug 2024·Home Office·Answered
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How many irregular migrants are housed in the Great Yarmouth Borough Council area; what accommodation is used to house those migrants; and what the cost is of housing those migrants.

Reply

In accordance with the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, the Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and subsistence support whilst their application for asylum is being considered.Data on the number of supported asylum seekers in different areas is routinely published by the Government in table ASY D_11 here:Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)The Home Office does not publish asylum support data disaggregated by method of arrival.

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