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Pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2025 to Question 23575 on Deportation, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of recording this information centrally.
I refer the Honourable Member to the letter I sent him on 11 December 2024 regarding the collection of official statistics.
Pursuant to the Answer of 22 January to Question 24556 on Asylum: Interviews, what proportion of asylum interviews were conducted remotely in each of the last five years.
Most asylum interviews are now conducted remotely using video conference facilities outside of Home Office locations.The number of substantive asylum interviews is published online in tab ASY_05(M) in the Immigration and protection data: Q3 2024 - GOV.UK however this does not provide a breakdown of the number of asylum interviews conducted remotely. This information could only be obtained for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost. Further information regarding asylum interviews is available on gov.uk at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/conducting-the-asylum-interview-process.
Whether her Department has produced modelling on the number of irregular migrants it expects will be eligible for settled status in the next ten years.
No. The Government’s Plan for Change makes clear our commitments to reduce both irregular migration and overall net migration.
How many people with refugee status have received settled status in each of the last ten years.
The Home Office publishes data on refugees granted settlement in Table Se_D01 within the Settlement dataset in the ‘Immigration system statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK’. The figures for grants of settlement to “Recognised refugees” include people who held refugee status immediately prior to being granted settlement. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook and the latest data is available to 2023. Data for 2024 will be published in late May 2025.
What evidence is required to determine homosexuality as basis for claiming asylum.
All asylum and human rights claims are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations. The Substantive asylum interview is the claimant’s main opportunity to provide detailed evidence that relates specifically to their individual protection needs.Our guidance for considering asylum claims is available on GOV.UK at: Assessing credibility and refugee status: caseworker guidance - GOV.UKAsylum claims made after 28 June 2022 have been considered to the higher standard of proof established in the Nationality and Borders Act 2022.
How many people with refugee status became UK citizens in each of the last ten years.
I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave him on 28 January to the same question asked in a slightly different form (UIN 25043).
Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that people entering the UK illegally can never vote in elections.
Only those foreign nationals who are eligible to vote and who have leave to enter or remain, or who do not require such leave, are entitled to register and vote in elections over which the UK Government and Parliament have responsibility.
What evidence is required to determine Christianity as basis for claiming asylum.
All asylum and human rights claims are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations. The Substantive asylum interview is the claimant’s main opportunity to provide detailed evidence that relates specifically to their individual protection needs.Our guidance for considering asylum claims is available on GOV.UK at: Assessing credibility and refugee status: caseworker guidance - GOV.UKAsylum claims made after 28 June 2022 have been considered to the higher standard of proof established in the Nationality and Borders Act 2022.
How many and what proportion of asylum claims were rejected under section 94 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 in each of the last five years.
The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’.Data on asylum claims certified under Section 94 is published in table Asy_D08 of the ‘Asylum applications, initial decisions and resettlement detailed datasets’.Data on initial decisions and outcomes on asylum claims, including implicit withdrawals (which can result from non-attendance at a reporting event or interview), is published in table Asy_D02 of the ‘Asylum applications, initial decisions and resettlement detailed datasets’.Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks.
If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that people entering the UK illegally can never apply for (a) settled status and (b) citizenship.
The Government keeps all aspects of the immigration system under regular review.
If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of an urgent review of successful claims of refugee status by migrants who arrived by small boat including (a) face-to-face interviews and (b) enhanced verification of the basis for the claim.
All asylum and human rights claims are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations. The Substantive asylum interview is the claimant’s main opportunity to provide detailed evidence that relates specifically to their individual protection needs.Our guidance for considering asylum claims is available on GOV.UK at: Assessing credibility and refugee status: caseworker guidance - GOV.UKAsylum claims made after 28 June 2022 have been considered to the higher standard of proof established in the Nationality and Borders Act 2022.
What evidence is required to determine gender identity as basis for claiming asylum.
All asylum and human rights claims are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations. The Substantive asylum interview is the claimant’s main opportunity to provide detailed evidence that relates specifically to their individual protection needs.Our guidance for considering asylum claims is available on GOV.UK at: Assessing credibility and refugee status: caseworker guidance - GOV.UKAsylum claims made after 28 June 2022 have been considered to the higher standard of proof established in the Nationality and Borders Act 2022.
What the cost to the public purse has been of interpretation for asylum interviews in each of the last five years.
Cost information on Asylum-specific and interpretation costs is not readily available from our financial systems and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
How many and what proportion of asylum claims have been withdrawn due to non-attendance in each of the last five years.
The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’.Data on asylum claims certified under Section 94 is published in table Asy_D08 of the ‘Asylum applications, initial decisions and resettlement detailed datasets’.Data on initial decisions and outcomes on asylum claims, including implicit withdrawals (which can result from non-attendance at a reporting event or interview), is published in table Asy_D02 of the ‘Asylum applications, initial decisions and resettlement detailed datasets’.Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks.
How many and what proportion of Prevent cases were (a) dropped and (b) downgraded in each of the last five years.
Information on Prevent referrals is already publicly available in the published annual statistics on GOV.UK: Individuals referred to Prevent: to March 2024, including the outcome of each referral.
Pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 22431 on Visas: Pakistan, whether her Department holds information on the number of visa applications from people with Pakistani nationality rejected because of criminal records in each of the last five years.
The requested data is not centrally held in easily accessible format and could only be collated for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 24000 on Offences against Children, when the Child Sexual Exploitation Taskforce will publish the information.
The information requested by the Hon Member is not currently held by the Department but we are committed to improving the collection and publication of data in this area, as confirmed by the Home Secretary in her statements to Parliament on the 6th and 16th January. That important work is in train and further details will be confirmed in due course.
Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2025 to Question 22425 on Pakistan: Extradition, whether the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan raised (a) restricting foreign aid, (b) restricting visas and (c) using other punitive international measures with Senior Ministers during his visit to Pakistan in November.
We recognise and appreciate the great contribution of Pakistani people to the diverse culture of the UK. Despite significant and complex challenges when seeking to return foreign national offenders, this government is fully committed to making our communities safer by deporting those who break our laws. I raised some of these issues with Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi during my visit to Pakistan in November, and the British High Commission continues to engage the Government of Pakistan at a senior level on this complex matter. I did not specifically raise these punitive measures with the Government of Pakistan during my recent visit.
Pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 22427 on Offences against Children, whether this information is held by her Department.
The information requested by the Hon Member is not currently held by the Department but we are committed to improving the collection and publication of data in this area, as confirmed by the Home Secretary in her statements to Parliament on the 6th and 16th January. That important work is in train and further details will be confirmed in due course.
What the total cost to the public purse was of legal aid for people (a) accused and (b) convicted for their involvement in grooming gangs, broken down by nationality [in each of the last five years].
This information requested is not held centrally.There is no single criminal offence of ‘involvement in a grooming gang’. As such, the information recorded and tracked regarding offence type when applying for legal aid does not differentiate between defendants involved in group-based child sexual exploitation offences from those accused or convicted of sexual offences more generally.Further, where proceedings are before a court or tribunal in England or Wales, legal aid is available to individuals who qualify for services irrespective of their nationality or usual place of residence. As nationality is not a determinative factor in the availability of legal aid it is not mandatory that this information is provided with an application for legal aid.