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79559

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their policy concerning refused asylum seekers, who cannot be returned to their country of origin, being granted entitlement to work for a fixed-term period.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL1457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Failed asylum seekers whose appeal rights have been exhausted are not allowed to work because they do not need our protection, have no right to remain in the United Kingdom and are required to leave. Our policy must maintain the distinction between those who need our protection and those seeking to work here. Allowing refused asylum seekers to work, even where removal is difficult, would send the wrong message and undermine the removal process by creating an incentive to frustrate removal.</p><p /> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 30/07/2014 15:50:36 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

65035

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were granted permission to work in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
	tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
	uin	203389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>These questions could only be answered through a disproportionately expensive <br>manual case search to collate the data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2014 12:43:57 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

1451943

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of enabling asylum seekers to pursue employment in the event that their claim has been outstanding for six months.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	141121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>A review of the asylum seeker right to work policy was conducted, and the decision was made to retain our policy with no further changes. A Written Ministerial Statement was made on 8 December, setting out the Home Office’s findings and rationale: <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2021-12-08/debates/21120876000007/AsylumSeekersRightToWorkPolicy#contribution-95F64C54-54BC-47B0-AFD1-B8C424537EBD" target="_blank">Asylum Seekers: Right to Work Policy - Hansard - UK Parliament</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 141122 question first answered 24/03/2022 13:06:37 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1451944

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing the restrictions on employment in jobs that are on the Shortage Occupation List for asylum seekers.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	141122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>A review of the asylum seeker right to work policy was conducted, and the decision was made to retain our policy with no further changes. A Written Ministerial Statement was made on 8 December, setting out the Home Office’s findings and rationale: <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2021-12-08/debates/21120876000007/AsylumSeekersRightToWorkPolicy#contribution-95F64C54-54BC-47B0-AFD1-B8C424537EBD" target="_blank">Asylum Seekers: Right to Work Policy - Hansard - UK Parliament</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 141121 question first answered 24/03/2022 13:06:37 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1673332

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his oral contribution in response to the question from the hon. Member for Glasgow North of 27 November 2022, Official Report, what the evidential basis is for stating that allowing asylum seekers the right to work would increase the number travelling to the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	3863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>A wide body of evidence points towards key pull factors to the UK including language, diaspora, presence of friends and family, economic opportunity, and availability of education. Any effects exerted by asylum policies and welfare systems on individual decision making around ultimate country of destination are much less well understood and difficult to isolate. That is why we have no plans to work provisions and are trebling the fines for illegal working.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 30/11/2023 17:26:36 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1235058

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government’s review on the restrictions on asylum seekers' rights to work, initiated in December 2018, will be concluded.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	91119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>Asylum seeker right to work is a complex issue and is under review; it is crucial we take the time to get this right. We are listening carefully to the arguments and considering the evidence put forward on the issue.</p><p>The findings of the review will be communicated once this work is completed.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 21/09/2020 15:06:01 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1234706

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by Refugee Action Lift the ban: why giving people seeking asylum the right to work is common sense, published in July, what assessment they have made of the potential economic benefits of removing restrictions on asylum seekers’ right to work.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
	uin	HL8116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>Asylum seeker right to work is a complex issue and is under review; it is crucial we take the time to get this right. We are listening carefully to the arguments and considering the evidence put forward on the issue.</p><p>We are aware the Lift the Ban coalition recently published a follow-up to their 2018 report and the findings of this report will be incorporated into the current review.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/09/2020 15:53:11 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1174404

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on her Departments review of the restrictions that prevent asylum seekers from working.
	tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
	tabling member printed	Steve Double
	uin	9728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>Asylum seeker right to work is a complex issue and it is crucial we take the time to get this right. We are listening carefully to the arguments and considering the evidence put forward on the issue. Work on the review is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/02/2020 13:19:41 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1246574

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October 2020 to Question 100398 on Asylum: Employment, to list the independent evidence showing that good economic conditions and essential services can create an incentive for people to choose to go to a particular country illegally referred to.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	108226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2020 answer text <p>Asylum seeker right to work is a complex issue and we are currently reviewing this policy. The Home Office will be happy to discuss the content of the review once it has been completed.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 03/11/2020 17:48:58 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1245501

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2020 to Question 100340 on Asylum: Employment, when she plans to (a) complete and (b) publish the review on asylum seeker right to work.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	106939
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>Asylum seeker right to work is a complex issue. A review of the policy is ongoing, and we are considering the evidence put forward on the issue. The findings of the review will be announced once the work has been completed.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/11/2020 15:29:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron