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997607

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date	30/10/2018
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 the Lift the Ban report entitled Why people seeking asylum should have the right to work, published in October 2018, what assessment the Government has made of the economic cost of preventing people seeking asylum from working.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	185666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those who need it and this Government is committed to delivering a fair and humane asylum system.</p><p>Whilst the Government has not assessed the economic cost of granting asylum seekers the right to work in the UK, our current policy is consistent with EU law and permits asylum seekers to work, in jobs on the Shortage Occupation List, if they have been waiting for a decision on their claim for 12 months or more and the delay is through no fault of their own. We are tackling delays in decision-making and have plans in place to improve the speed at which outstanding claims are decided.</p><p>It is important to focus on providing support for those who are recognised as refugees, to help them to integrate and find employment, so that they can rebuild their lives here.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/11/2018 14:52:15 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

997608

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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 he has made of the effect of restrictions on the right to work for people seeking asylum on the long-term integration prospects of people who are subsequently granted leave to remain.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	185667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>Government support towards integration is focussed on those recognised as those being in need of protection.</p><p>This Government is committed to ensuring that all those recognised as refugees in the UK are able to integrate and realise their potential. The Government published the Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper in March 2018, which included measures relating to integration for refugees. We are considering responses to the consultation, and plan to publish the Government’s response later this year.</p><p>Our current policy on the right to work for asylum seekers is consistent with EU law and permits asylum seekers to work, in jobs on the Shortage Occupation List, if they have been waiting for a decision on their claim for 12 months or more and the delay is through no fault of their own.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/11/2018 14:46:27 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

997609

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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 recent estimate he has made of (a) the number of asylum seekers living in the UK awaiting a decision on their claim for refugee status and (b) the average amount of support from the public purse that those asylum seekers are receiving each week.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	185668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>All asylum claims lodged in the UK are carefully considered on their individual merits against a background of relevant case law and up to date country information. We ensure that claimants are given every opportunity to disclose information relevant to their claim before a decision is taken. Where an asylum claimant establishes a well founded fear of persecution or serious harm in their country of origin, they are normally granted protection and are not expected to return there.</p><p>The number of asylum seekers living in the UK awaiting a decision on their claim for refugee status currently stands at 22,579. This figure has been taken from Asylum Transparency data - August 2018, found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-august-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-august-2018</a></p><p>The COMPASS contracts provide asylum seekers, who claim to be destitute, with full board accommodation, in Initial Accommodation, while their means are assessed. Dispersal Accommodation is available to those who qualify, and a small weekly allowance of £37.75 per person per week for food and other essential expenses is provided whilst their application for asylum is being considered.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/11/2018 14:54:18 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

997610

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of applications for refugee status that have (a) been made, (b) refused, (c) accepted and (d) accepted after appeal by applicants in (i) the UK, (ii) London and (iii) the London Borough of Lewisham in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	185669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish data relating to the number of applications for refugee status that have been made, granted, refused or granted at appeal from specific parts of the UK. Providing such data could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. However, the Home Office publishes figures on the outcome of all asylum claims in the Immigration Statistics release. A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics Year Ending June 2018, is available from:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018-data-tables.%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018-data-tables.</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/11/2018 14:36:29 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft