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1715167

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: France
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 UK-France Joint Leader's Declaration, published by the Prime Minister's Office on 10 March 2023, from which budget the UK's contribution to the joint funding arrangement for the operational plan on illegal migration will come; and whether details of those payments are published regularly in transparency data.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	24423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The funding to deliver the UK-France Joint Leader's Declaration is sourced from a combination of baseline Home Office allocations; and part of the additional funding the Home Office receives in relation to the 10 Point Plan on Illegal Migration.</p><p>Details of this funding are not published as part of the department’s Migration Transparency Data.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 07/05/2024 14:52:41 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1715169

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
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 26 April 2024 to Question 23168 on Asylum: Rwanda, how many immigration removal centres make up the detention capacity of around 2200 people; and if he will list those centres.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	24418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office currently operates seven immigration removal centres (IRCs) throughout the UK (six in England and one in Scotland); Harmondsworth and Colnbrook IRCs at Heathrow; Brook House and Tinsley House IRCs at Gatwick; Derwentside IRC in County Durham; Yarl’s Wood IRC in Bedfordshire and Dungavel House IRC in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.</p><p>As of 24 April, the Home Office has the capacity to detain around 2,200 people in IRCs, including those liable for removal to Rwanda.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson grouped question UIN 24420 question first answered 07/05/2024 14:06:12 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1715229

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to announce whether he plans to extend the seasonal agricultural workers scheme beyond December 2024.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	24490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government keeps the Seasonal Worker route under close review, and we will say more in due course.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 13/05/2024 14:27:24 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1715233

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Republic of Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the operational agreement with the Irish government on the return of asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	24419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>In 2020, we agreed operational arrangements which allow for the return and readmission of asylum seekers where this is agreed by both participants. This is a non-legally binding arrangement relating to operational procedures, which we do not routinely publish.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 07/05/2024 16:13:01 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1715250

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detention spaces are reserved for individuals seeking asylum who are designated for deportation to Rwanda.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	24420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office currently operates seven immigration removal centres (IRCs) throughout the UK (six in England and one in Scotland); Harmondsworth and Colnbrook IRCs at Heathrow; Brook House and Tinsley House IRCs at Gatwick; Derwentside IRC in County Durham; Yarl’s Wood IRC in Bedfordshire and Dungavel House IRC in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.</p><p>As of 24 April, the Home Office has the capacity to detain around 2,200 people in IRCs, including those liable for removal to Rwanda.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson grouped question UIN 24418 question first answered 07/05/2024 14:06:12 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1715252

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals seeking asylum have been detained pending deportation to Rwanda.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	24421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>To maintain the highest standards of accuracy, the Home Office prefers to refer to published data, as this has been subject to rigorous quality assurance under National Statistics protocols prior to publication.</p><p>Information about those detained who are liable to be removed to Rwanda is not available in our published data</p><p><br> Published data on detentions and returns is available at the following link <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics#data-tables" target="_blank">Migration statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.<strong><br> <br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 07/05/2024 14:04:16 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1715258

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Pornhub
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have met with representatives of Pornhub since 2018.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	24422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling illegal online content and routinely engage in forums at which a range of external partners will be present, including technology companies, social media firms and other websites, to ensure that they are keeping their platforms and services safe.</p><p>Home Office officials have a long-standing provision of not disclosing the details of companies which have been engaged with on matters regarding Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, nor the specifics of discussions in the public domain.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 07/05/2024 13:29:05 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1715330

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
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 he has made of the impact of illegal immigration on (a) society and (b) the economy.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Dame Andrea Jenkyns
uin	24496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>Illegal immigration reduces our capability and capacity to help those who most need our support. It puts lives in danger by placing vulnerable people into the hands of smugglers. It also puts intolerable pressure on public services and local communities and corrodes public confidence in the system.</p><p>An example of the impact of illegal migration is that the asylum system is now costing the British taxpayer over £4 billion a year.</p><p>Our landmark Rwanda deal was a recognition of these facts, and we will continue to work to deliver it to break the business model of the smuggling gangs and deter those coming to the UK illegally.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 07/05/2024 12:40:03 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1715334

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Translation Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department has issued on the provision of culturally appropriate oral and written professional translation when communicating with (a) applicants for asylum, (b) people in immigration detention, (c) people appealing application decisions and (d) people identified for deportation to Rwanda.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	24398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office aims to provide interpreter and translation services for refugees and asylum seekers at public expense whenever and wherever necessary. Interpreters are engaged by the Home Office to act on its behalf. They are not Home Office employees and undertake freelance work commissioned by the Home Office. In some circumstances interpreting services are provided by commercial partners.</p><p>Interpreters/translators engaged are required to operate to a high standard on a range of protection-based and human rights topics including (though not limited to) religious conversion, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), sexuality and gender-based claims, all types and forms of persecution, medical (physical and mental health) and political activity.</p><p>The Home Office also works with other commercial providers and public sector bodies which provide interpreters and linguists to ensure the best sector-wide standards are applied.</p><p>Guidance on the use of interpretation and translation services, Detention Services Order ‘Interpretation Services and use of Translation Devices’, was published in July 2022. This guidance sets out the provisions, including interpretation services and translation devices, available for individuals held in immigration detention and the circumstances in which these should be used.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson grouped question UIN 24399 question first answered 07/05/2024 12:49:50 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1715335

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Translation Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what culturally appropriate oral and written professional translation services are provided by his Department when communicating with (a) applicants for asylum, (b) people in immigration detention, (c) people appealing application decisions and (d) people identified for deportation to Rwanda.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	24399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office aims to provide interpreter and translation services for refugees and asylum seekers at public expense whenever and wherever necessary. Interpreters are engaged by the Home Office to act on its behalf. They are not Home Office employees and undertake freelance work commissioned by the Home Office. In some circumstances interpreting services are provided by commercial partners.</p><p>Interpreters/translators engaged are required to operate to a high standard on a range of protection-based and human rights topics including (though not limited to) religious conversion, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), sexuality and gender-based claims, all types and forms of persecution, medical (physical and mental health) and political activity.</p><p>The Home Office also works with other commercial providers and public sector bodies which provide interpreters and linguists to ensure the best sector-wide standards are applied.</p><p>Guidance on the use of interpretation and translation services, Detention Services Order ‘Interpretation Services and use of Translation Devices’, was published in July 2022. This guidance sets out the provisions, including interpretation services and translation devices, available for individuals held in immigration detention and the circumstances in which these should be used.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson grouped question UIN 24398 question first answered 07/05/2024 12:49:50 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams