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1716482

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
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 safe and legal routes to the UK are available for (a) refugees and (b) asylum seekers as of 8 May 2024.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	25258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>We operate global refugee resettlement schemes, including the UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS), the Mandate Resettlement Scheme and community sponsorship. We also run Displaced Talent Mobility Initiatives which help displaced populations to access a Skilled Worker visa.</p><p>We have country specific schemes which were established in response to international crises in Afghanistan, Ukraine and Hong Kong.</p><p>For asylum seekers, there is no provision within our Immigration Rules that allows a person to travel to the UK to seek asylum or temporary refuge. Those in need of immediate protection should take the fastest route to safety and claim asylum in the first safe country they reach.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 13/05/2024 16:30:58 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

1686713

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Gaza
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies on deciding asylum applications of the conflict in Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	12563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>Asylum claims made by claimants from Gaza, as is the case with all asylum claims lodged in the UK and admitted to the UK asylum system, have an individual assessment made against the background of relevant case law, policy guidance and the latest available country of origin information.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 06/02/2024 14:10:03 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

1503928

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
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 Afghan child refugees who arrived in the UK since 15 August 2021 are in full-time education as on 2 September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	45559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>Afghans resettling in the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) will be supported in accessing accommodation and the vital health, education, and support into employment they need, to fully integrate into society.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education have confirmed that individuals resettling under these schemes who wish to access higher education, are eligible for home fee status and student support from the 2022/23 academic year – putting them on the same footing as refugees. At this time, the Home Office is working to improve the data it holds on those who have accessed higher education among those being temporarily accommodated in hotels.</p><p>All children who were evacuated during Op Pitting have been enrolled in school - and school places are offered on a rolling basis, as more children arrive in the UK. .</p><p> </p><p>As stated in the recently published, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghan-resettlement-programme-operational-data/afghan-resettlement-programme-operational-data" target="_blank">'Afghan Resettlement: Operational Data'</a> factsheet, at 12 Aug 2022, the UK:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Has welcomed 21,450 people to the UK from Afghanistan - or a neighbouring country - since June 2021. Whilst we believe that around half of this number are children, we are unable, at this time, to provide an accurate breakdown of arrivals by age, in order to determine how many children are in full-time education.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Is providing temporary accommodation for 9,667 people in hotels.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Officials are working at pace to assure information relating to the individuals resettling in the UK under our bespoke schemes for Afghans on case working systems. Once this work concludes, the Home Office will include Afghan resettlement statistics in its <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">quarterly Immigration Statistics publications</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Until then the factsheet will be updated every quarter – with the next iteration scheduled for publication on 24 November 2022.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 08/09/2022 09:25:19 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove previous answer version 17566 answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

1503929

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
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 Afghan refugees who applied to the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme are in the UK as on 2 September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	45564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>Afghans resettling in the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) will be supported in accessing accommodation and the vital health, education, and support into employment they need, to fully integrate into society.</p><p>The Department for Education have confirmed that individuals resettling under these schemes who wish to access higher education, are eligible for home fee status and student support from the 2022/23 academic year - putting them on the same footing as refugees. At this time, the Home Office is working to improve the data it holds on those who have accessed higher education among those being temporarily accommodated in hotels.</p><p>All children who were evacuated during Op Pitting have been enrolled in school - and school places are offered on a rolling basis, as more children arrive in the UK. .</p><p>As stated in the recently published, 'Afghan Resettlement: Operational Data' factsheet, at 12 Aug 2022, the UK:</p><ul><li>Has welcomed 21,450 people to the UK from Afghanistan - or a neighbouring country - since June 2021. Whilst we believe that around half of this number are children, we are unable, at this time, to provide an accurate breakdown of arrivals by age, in order to determine how many children are in full-time education.</li></ul><ul><li>Is providing temporary accommodation for 9,667 people in hotels.</li></ul><p>Officials are working at pace to assure information relating to the individuals resettling in the UK under our bespoke schemes for Afghans on case working systems. Once this work concludes, the Home Office will include Afghan resettlement statistics in its quarterly Immigration Statistics publications.</p><p>Until then the factsheet will be updated every quarter - with the next iteration scheduled for publication on 24 November 2022.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 26/09/2022 15:22:03 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

1504014

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
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 Afghan refugees who arrived in the UK since 15 August 2021 are living in hotel accommodation as on 2 September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	45891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>Afghans resettling in the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) will be supported in accessing accommodation and the vital health, education, and support into employment they need, to fully integrate into society.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education have confirmed that individuals resettling under these schemes who wish to access higher education, are eligible for home fee status and student support from the 2022/23 academic year – putting them on the same footing as refugees. At this time, the Home Office is working to improve the data it holds on those who have accessed higher education among those being temporarily accommodated in hotels.</p><p>All children who were evacuated during Op Pitting have been enrolled in school - and school places are offered on a rolling basis, as more children arrive in the UK. .</p><p> </p><p>As stated in the recently published, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghan-resettlement-programme-operational-data/afghan-resettlement-programme-operational-data" target="_blank">'Afghan Resettlement: Operational Data'</a> factsheet, at 12 Aug 2022, the UK:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Has welcomed 21,450 people to the UK from Afghanistan - or a neighbouring country - since June 2021. Whilst we believe that around half of this number are children, we are unable, at this time, to provide an accurate breakdown of arrivals by age, in order to determine how many children are in full-time education.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Is providing temporary accommodation for 9,667 people in hotels.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Officials are working at pace to assure information relating to the individuals resettling in the UK under our bespoke schemes for Afghans on case working systems. Once this work concludes, the Home Office will include Afghan resettlement statistics in its <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">quarterly Immigration Statistics publications</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Until then the factsheet will be updated every quarter – with the next iteration scheduled for publication on 24 November 2022.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 45892 45893 45894 question first answered 08/09/2022 09:24:20 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove previous answer version 17565 answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

1504015

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan child refugees have arrived in the UK since 15 August 2021.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	45695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>Afghans resettling in the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and the Afghan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) will be supported in accessing accommodation and the vital health, education, and support into employment they need, to fully integrate into society.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education have confirmed that individuals resettling under these schemes who wish to access higher education, are eligible for home fee status and student support from the 2022/23 academic year – putting them on the same footing as refugees. At this time, the Home Office is working to improve the data it holds on those who have accessed higher education among those being temporarily accommodated in hotels.</p><p>All children who were evacuated during Op Pitting have been enrolled in school - and school places are offered on a rolling basis, as more children arrive in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>As stated in the recently published, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghan-resettlement-programme-operational-data/afghan-resettlement-programme-operational-data" target="_blank">'Afghan Resettlement: Operational Data'</a> factsheet, at 12 August 2022, the UK:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Has welcomed 21,450 people to the UK from Afghanistan - or a neighbouring country - since June 2021. Whilst we believe that around half of this number are children, we are unable, at this time, to provide an accurate breakdown of arrivals by age, in order to determine how many children are in full-time education.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Is providing temporary accommodation for 9,667 people in hotels.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Officials are working at pace to assure information relating to the individuals resettling in the UK under our bespoke schemes for Afghans on case working systems. Once this work concludes, the Home Office will include Afghan resettlement statistics in its <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">quarterly Immigration Statistics publications</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Until then the factsheet will be updated every quarter – with the next iteration scheduled for publication on 24 November 2022.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 21/09/2022 16:54:24 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove previous answer version 17564 answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

1504016

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
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 Afghan child refugees who arrived in the UK since 15 August 2021 are not in full-time education as on 2 September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	45892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>Afghans resettling in the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) will be supported in accessing accommodation and the vital health, education, and support into employment they need, to fully integrate into society.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education have confirmed that individuals resettling under these schemes who wish to access higher education, are eligible for home fee status and student support from the 2022/23 academic year – putting them on the same footing as refugees. At this time, the Home Office is working to improve the data it holds on those who have accessed higher education among those being temporarily accommodated in hotels.</p><p>All children who were evacuated during Op Pitting have been enrolled in school - and school places are offered on a rolling basis, as more children arrive in the UK. .</p><p> </p><p>As stated in the recently published, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghan-resettlement-programme-operational-data/afghan-resettlement-programme-operational-data" target="_blank">'Afghan Resettlement: Operational Data'</a> factsheet, at 12 Aug 2022, the UK:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Has welcomed 21,450 people to the UK from Afghanistan - or a neighbouring country - since June 2021. Whilst we believe that around half of this number are children, we are unable, at this time, to provide an accurate breakdown of arrivals by age, in order to determine how many children are in full-time education.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Is providing temporary accommodation for 9,667 people in hotels.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Officials are working at pace to assure information relating to the individuals resettling in the UK under our bespoke schemes for Afghans on case working systems. Once this work concludes, the Home Office will include Afghan resettlement statistics in its <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">quarterly Immigration Statistics publications</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Until then the factsheet will be updated every quarter – with the next iteration scheduled for publication on 24 November 2022.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 45891 45893 45894 question first answered 08/09/2022 09:24:20 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove previous answer version 17562 answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

1504017

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
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 female Afghan refugees who arrived in the UK since 15 August 2021 are in full-time education as on 2 September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	45893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>Afghans resettling in the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) will be supported in accessing accommodation and the vital health, education, and support into employment they need, to fully integrate into society.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education have confirmed that individuals resettling under these schemes who wish to access higher education, are eligible for home fee status and student support from the 2022/23 academic year – putting them on the same footing as refugees. At this time, the Home Office is working to improve the data it holds on those who have accessed higher education among those being temporarily accommodated in hotels.</p><p>All children who were evacuated during Op Pitting have been enrolled in school - and school places are offered on a rolling basis, as more children arrive in the UK. .</p><p> </p><p>As stated in the recently published, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghan-resettlement-programme-operational-data/afghan-resettlement-programme-operational-data" target="_blank">'Afghan Resettlement: Operational Data'</a> factsheet, at 12 Aug 2022, the UK:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Has welcomed 21,450 people to the UK from Afghanistan - or a neighbouring country - since June 2021. Whilst we believe that around half of this number are children, we are unable, at this time, to provide an accurate breakdown of arrivals by age, in order to determine how many children are in full-time education.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Is providing temporary accommodation for 9,667 people in hotels.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Officials are working at pace to assure information relating to the individuals resettling in the UK under our bespoke schemes for Afghans on case working systems. Once this work concludes, the Home Office will include Afghan resettlement statistics in its <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">quarterly Immigration Statistics publications</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Until then the factsheet will be updated every quarter – with the next iteration scheduled for publication on 24 November 2022.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 45891 45892 45894 question first answered 08/09/2022 09:24:20 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove previous answer version 17568 answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

1504018

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
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 Afghan refugees who applied to the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme remain in Afghanistan as on 2 September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	45894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>Afghans resettling in the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) will be supported in accessing accommodation and the vital health, education, and support into employment they need, to fully integrate into society.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education have confirmed that individuals resettling under these schemes who wish to access higher education, are eligible for home fee status and student support from the 2022/23 academic year – putting them on the same footing as refugees. At this time, the Home Office is working to improve the data it holds on those who have accessed higher education among those being temporarily accommodated in hotels.</p><p>All children who were evacuated during Op Pitting have been enrolled in school - and school places are offered on a rolling basis, as more children arrive in the UK. .</p><p> </p><p>As stated in the recently published, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghan-resettlement-programme-operational-data/afghan-resettlement-programme-operational-data" target="_blank">'Afghan Resettlement: Operational Data'</a> factsheet, at 12 Aug 2022, the UK:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Has welcomed 21,450 people to the UK from Afghanistan - or a neighbouring country - since June 2021. Whilst we believe that around half of this number are children, we are unable, at this time, to provide an accurate breakdown of arrivals by age, in order to determine how many children are in full-time education.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Is providing temporary accommodation for 9,667 people in hotels.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Officials are working at pace to assure information relating to the individuals resettling in the UK under our bespoke schemes for Afghans on case working systems. Once this work concludes, the Home Office will include Afghan resettlement statistics in its <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">quarterly Immigration Statistics publications</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Until then the factsheet will be updated every quarter – with the next iteration scheduled for publication on 24 November 2022.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 45891 45892 45893 question first answered 08/09/2022 09:24:20 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

1471708

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Electronic Tagging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated annual cost to the public purse is of the proposal to electronically tag and monitor asylum seekers arriving in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	21222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>The government is undertaking a pilot which will operate for a period of 12 months with the purpose of establishing whether electronic monitoring is an effective way to improve and maintain regular contact management with asylum claimants who arrive in the UK via unnecessary and dangerous routes, in order to progress their immigration case.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 23/06/2022 15:44:43 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin