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1187624

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what provision they are making for asylum applicants whose cases are pending where a decision may be affected by restrictions in place as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; and in particular for applications from survivors of torture.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL2862
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office has put in place a range of measures to support those in the asylum system who are affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. We are monitoring the situation closely and making adjustments to our processes and procedures where necessary and appropriate.</p><p>We will continue to provide accommodation and financial support to those who would otherwise be destitute.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/04/2020 13:24:30 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1285431

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they aim to have decided on all asylum applications within six months; and how they will ensure that such decisions comply with international law.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL13178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2021 answer text <p>We are fixing a broken asylum system and creating a new one which will be fairer and firmer and compassionate towards those who need our help.</p><p>There are a number of factors that contribute to the length of time to process asylum claims but we are determined to clear the backlog, speed up decisions and prevent people becoming stuck in the system for long periods of time.</p><p>We are working to streamline cases and have already made significant progress in prioritising cases with acute vulnerability, those in receipt of the greatest level of support including, Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children, and those that require a reconsideration.</p><p>Asylum Operations has developed a recovery plan focused on returning interviews and decisions back to pre-COVID-19 levels as soon as possible. We are also seeking to secure temporary resources to assist from within the Home Office and other government departments, along with other potential options.</p><p>The Home Office publishes wide-ranging Asylum Instructions and Country Policy Information Notes which provide guidance on how asylum and human rights claims should be handled. All Decision-Making staff undergo comprehensive training and their work is regularly quality-assured to ensure that all decisions comply with International Law.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/02/2021 17:00:35 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1483332

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve (1) accountability, (2) transparency, and (3) value for money, in recording the average time it takes to process asylum seeker applications from the initial claim to the date of final interview.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
	uin	HL1284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office remains committed to routinely publishing information which shows the number of cases in the entire asylum system outstanding to improve accountability, transparency and value for money. However, some data we are unable to provide as it is not easily aggregated, can only be obtained at disproportionate costs or not held in a reportable format.</p><p>Data on case age and Asylum Operations costs and productivity can be found in ASY_03 and ASY_04 of the published Transparency data (also attached)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-and-protection-data-q1-2022" target="_blank">Immigration and protection data: Q1 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>Whilst there are a number of older outstanding cases in the system, these are more complex cases which generally have barriers that causes delays in the time taken to process an asylum seeker application from the initial date of claim to the date of final interview. These barriers are often varied and require time to clear, but our teams are actively working to clear and progress these enable the final interview to take place.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/07/2022 11:33:24 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name UKVI_IP_Q1_2022.xlsx title published Transparency data
	tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser

1538392

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to process the backlog of applications for asylum in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL3088
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office are currently dealing with a sustained high level of new asylum claims, including from those who have recently arrived on small boats, which is creating additional pressures on the asylum system.</p><p>The Home Office have an asylum transformation programme which will help bring down the backlog in cases by increasing the number of decision makers processing cases, improving the use of digital technology, including remote interviews, to speed up the process and concentrating on deciding older claims, cases with acute vulnerability and those in receipt of the greatest level of support, including Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 15/11/2022 16:07:26 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1538393

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many applications for asylum in the UK they are processing each month; and what assessment they have made of the time that will be required to clear the backlog.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL3089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office is unable to report how many applications for asylum are being processed each month as this information is not recorded and held in a reportable format. However, we do publish data on the percentage of asylum applications processed within 6 months of the date of claim and can be found at Immigration and protection data at gov.uk.</p><p>The Asylum Transformation programme aims to bring the asylum system back into balance and modernise it.</p><p>It is focused on increasing productivity in deciding asylum claims by streamlining, simplifying and digitising the system to speed up processes and increase efficiency and output.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 15/11/2022 14:20:36 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1538394

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many applications for asylum were processed in the last 12 months; and what were the determinations arrived at.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL3090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the Immigration Statistics Quartlerly Release, which can be found on gov.uk. Data on initial decisions on asylum applications are published in table Asy_D02 of the ‘asylum and resettlement detailed datasets’ which can be found on gov.uk and attached as Annex A. Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to the year ending June 2022. Data for July 2022 to the end of September 2022 is set to be published on 24 November 2022.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’ section on gov.uk.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 15/11/2022 16:11:03 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth attachment 1 file name Annex A.xlsx title Annex A
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1540417

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether staff newly recruited to conduct asylum interviews and make decisions on individual cases have been equipped with sufficient (1) training, and (2) experience, of the asylum system.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL3258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>We have implemented a recruitment and retention allowance helping us to maintain experienced asylum decision-makers. The Home Office have also developed an asylum academy to reduce the time to competence. We will continue to monitor and review this and its impact on attrition and attraction.</p><p>We are also building high performing teams, increasing the number of decision-makers and providing improved training and career progression opportunities to aid retention of staff.</p><p>We have a comprehensive training programme and mentoring framework in place to support new and existing decision makers which is delivered by a dedicated team of technical experts.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 21/11/2022 17:41:55 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1543497

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many Asylum Decision Makers interviewed asylum applicants in each of the last five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL3514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>We do not hold data about the number of decision makers who conduct asylum interviews at any given time, but this is a core function of an asylum decision maker. Links to the number of asylum decision makers from 2010/11 – 2021/22 can be found at Immigration and protection data: Q2 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) in the ASY_04 tab.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 30/11/2022 13:51:56 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1543501

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many asylum seekers were waiting for a decision on their application in each of the last five years
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL3518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’ on gov.uk. Data on asylum applications awaiting a decision can be found in table Asy_D03 of the ‘asylum and resettlement detailed datasets’. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook.</p><p>At the end of September 2022, there were 117,400 cases awaiting an initial decision.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 01/12/2022 15:06:48 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1543509

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, following the publication of figures by the Refugee Council on 14 October, how many applications for asylum have not had an initial decision reached for more than five years; and what factors have led to delays of that length.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwark
	uin	HL3526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office is unable to state how many applications for asylum have not had an initial decision reached for more than five years because the Home Office does not publish this information.</p><p>However, the Home Office does publish data on the number asylum applications awaiting an initial decision by duration, for main applicants only. This data can be found at Asy_04 of the published Immigration Statistics: List of tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p><p>The Home Office also publish data on the percentage of asylum applications processed within 6 months of the date of claim. Data showing the number of asylum claims received from 2014 – 2022 that were processed within 6 months can be found at Asy_01 of the Asylum Transparency Data: Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p><p>The asylum system has been under mounting pressure for several years. Increased and sustained intake and a growing number of people awaiting a decision has led to significant delays in concluding asylum claims.</p><p>However, there are many factors that can delay and contribute to the length of time to process asylum claims; some applications have complex needs, safeguarding issues, are extremely vulnerable or where they have had a modern slavery claim attached to their claim. We therefore take full consideration of these facts when prioritising and progressing outstanding asylum claims and that can lead to longer waiting times for some.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 01/12/2022 16:50:06 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark