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1434755

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost to the public purse was of providing accommodation for migrants who illegal crossed the English Channel to the UK since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	128465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not accommodate illegal migrants, but does have a statutory obligation to provide accommodation and other support to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute while their application for asylum is being considered.</p><p>The latest published Immigration Statistics detail the number of asylum seekers accommodated in each local authority area. These statistics can be found at Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Data is published on a quarterly basis, with the latest information published 24 February 2022. The next quarterly figures are due to be released in May 2022. The Home Office does not publish a breakdown these statistics which disaggregates the number of asylum seekers accommodated in specific accommodation. These figures are not available in a reportable format and to provide the information could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Costs are subject to change depending on numbers being accommodated within the asylum system. Accommodation costs are considered to be commercially confidential, therefore the Home Office does not publish this information. However, total expenditure on asylum is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, available at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fho-annual-reports-and-accounts&amp;data=04%7C01%7CRASI-BriefingCorrespondence%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C792e2013d32743f2d75808d9f23aef96%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637807157197963557%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=j6LR2BiJVrpW21AogZClDi8mPqgMz8YKdG48SsF%2FOj0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ho-annual-reports-and-accounts</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 128468 question first answered 01/03/2022 17:16:53 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1434760

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of migrants who crossed the English Channel illegally into the UK since 2019 are being housed in (a) hotels and (b) other temporary accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	128468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not accommodate illegal migrants, but does have a statutory obligation to provide accommodation and other support to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute while their application for asylum is being considered.</p><p>The latest published Immigration Statistics detail the number of asylum seekers accommodated in each local authority area. These statistics can be found at Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Data is published on a quarterly basis, with the latest information published 24 February 2022. The next quarterly figures are due to be released in May 2022. The Home Office does not publish a breakdown these statistics which disaggregates the number of asylum seekers accommodated in specific accommodation. These figures are not available in a reportable format and to provide the information could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Costs are subject to change depending on numbers being accommodated within the asylum system. Accommodation costs are considered to be commercially confidential, therefore the Home Office does not publish this information. However, total expenditure on asylum is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, available at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fho-annual-reports-and-accounts&amp;data=04%7C01%7CRASI-BriefingCorrespondence%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C792e2013d32743f2d75808d9f23aef96%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637807157197963557%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=j6LR2BiJVrpW21AogZClDi8mPqgMz8YKdG48SsF%2FOj0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ho-annual-reports-and-accounts</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 128465 question first answered 01/03/2022 17:16:53 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1434763

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people since 2019 whose application for asylum was rejected have been uncontactable by her Department but are believed to still be in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	128469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>Information regarding the number of failed asylum seekers still living in the UK can be found on tables ASY03 and RCM02 of the most recently published immigration and protection transparency data:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fimmigration-and-protection-data-q4-2021&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPeter.Clark%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C7293379c76e74c91eb9f08d9f8669f6e%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637813941901014536%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=CNVlDyJTr7ClzOyt1N8AryJXxFUqoc6mvrri1HilyUc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Immigration and protection data: Q4 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>When individuals fail to remain in contact with the Home Office, we have dedicated resources to bring them into contact. We will work with the police, other government agencies and commercial companies to track these people down.</p><p>We are currently refreshing our approach to contact management.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 07/03/2022 11:37:21 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 55119 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1304455

registered interest
date	22/03/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to simplify asylum (a) claims and (b) appeals.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	913721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office is working to transform the broken asylum system and processes: the work will simplify, streamline and digitise processes, ensuring that genuine asylum claimants are treated quickly, fairly and are supported; and those who do not qualify are rapidly identified and prepared for return.</p><p>As part of this programme of work, the Home Office is working collaboratively with HMCTS on their ambitious programme of court reform.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/03/2021 16:37:54 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1226434

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Identity Cards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing compulsory ID cards for British nationals; and when her Department last reviewed its policy on ID cards.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	76913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/08/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office has made no recent assessment on compulsory ID cards. The previous identity card scheme was abolished by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government in 2010.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 10/08/2020 16:36:25 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1185236

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Commonwealth
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 visa charges for Commonwealth UK armed forces personnel and their immediate families applying for Indefinite Leave to Remain after completing their service.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	30193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office is listening carefully to those with concerns about how members of HM Forces can have the support of their families whilst serving our country.</p><p>We are continuing to assess the impact of immigration fees on members of the HM Forces in conjunction with the Ministry of Defence.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/03/2020 15:52:21 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1177727

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of failed asylum seekers who have absconded before deportation in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information you have requested.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/02/2020 16:57:21 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1177728

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed asylum seekers have been deported in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on returns from the UK in the ‘. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a></p><p>Data on the number of returns, by year, type of return and asylum and non-asylum related returns are published in table Ret_05.</p><p>Asylum-related returns relate to cases where there has been an asylum claim at some stage prior to the return. This will include asylum seekers whose asylum claims have been refused, and who have exhausted any rights of appeal, those returned under third country provisions, as well as those granted asylum/protection, but removed for other reasons (such as criminality). Therefore not all ‘asylum’ cases will relate to failed asylum seekers.</p><p>The term 'deportations' refers to a legally-defined subset of returns which are enforced either following a criminal conviction or when it is judged a person’s removal from the UK is conducive to the public good. Information on those deported is not separately available and therefore the published statistics refer to all enforced returns.</p><p>The latest data relates to the year ending September 2019.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=release-date-oldest" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=release-date-oldest</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/02/2020 17:16:01 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1177729

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to locate failed asylum seekers who have absconded prior to deportation.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office takes a number of steps to re-establish contact with Failed Asylum Seekers (FAS) who have absconded. Our dedicated tracing team conducts a full range of checks which cannot be detailed for security reasons.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/02/2020 17:04:35 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1177753

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of failed asylum seekers still living in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2020 answer text <p>Information regarding the number of failed asylum seekers still living in the UK can be found on tables OLCU_01, OLCU_04 and ASY_03 of the most recently published Asylum, UK Visa &amp; Immigration Transparency Data:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-august-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-august-2019</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/02/2020 16:48:19 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton