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1337929

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Development Aid: Asylum and Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Home Department, what proportion of costs to assist asylum seekers and economic migrants to settle in the UK in their first year is included in overseas aid figures.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	John Redwood
	uin	17671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2021 answer text <p>In 2021/22 40% of the budget that provides support for destitute asylum seekers of all ages is classified as Official Development Assistance expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>The costs of additional housing used to provide shelter to accommodate recently arrived migrants who claim asylum can be treated as Official Development Assistance for the first 12 months from arrival and where that migrant is shown to be from an eligible country.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 17672 question first answered 24/06/2021 12:16:31 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

1337930

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Home Department, whether the costs of providing additional housing for recently arrived migrants is included in overseas aid totals.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	John Redwood
	uin	17672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2021 answer text <p>In 2021/22 40% of the budget that provides support for destitute asylum seekers of all ages is classified as Official Development Assistance expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>The costs of additional housing used to provide shelter to accommodate recently arrived migrants who claim asylum can be treated as Official Development Assistance for the first 12 months from arrival and where that migrant is shown to be from an eligible country.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 17671 question first answered 24/06/2021 12:16:31 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

1337953

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2021
	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	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims were decided in (a) 2014, (b) 2018, (c) 2020 and (d) 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	17802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum applications in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on the number of initial decisions on asylum applications are published in table Asy_D02 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>, and includes a breakdown for year of initial decision. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relate to March 2021. <br> <br> Additionally, the Home Office publishes further data on asylum and resettlement in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987777/asylum-summary-mar-2021-tables.ods" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement summary tables</a>. The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and resettlement.</p><p><br> Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/06/2021 15:06:46 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1337956

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2021
	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	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims were decided within the 26-week period in (a) 2014, (b) 2018, (c) 2020 and (d) 2021 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	17803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office are unable to state how many asylum applications were decided within the 26-week period in 2014, 2018, 2020 and 2021 to date but can state the number of applications decided within the 24-week period (6months) from Q2 2014 to Q2 2020.</p><p>This information can be found at Asy_01 of the published Migration Transparency data:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-protection-data-february-2021" target="_blank">Immigration &amp; Protection data: February 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The number of staff who were allocated to processing asylum claims in 2021 is not recorded and held in a reportable format. To obtain this information would require detailed reporting against multiple cost centres and could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.</p><p>However, the Home Office can provide the number of asylum case working staff from 2014 to 2020. This data can be found in ASY_04 of the published Transparency data:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-protection-data-february-2021" target="_blank">Immigration &amp; Protection data: February 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 17800 question first answered 22/06/2021 16:10:31 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1337951

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2021
	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	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims were received in (a) 2014, (b) 2018, (c) 2020 and (d) 2021 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	17801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum applications in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on the number of asylum applications lodged in the UK are published in table Asy_D01 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>, and includes a breakdown for year of application. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relate to March 2021. <br> <br> Additionally, the Home Office publishes further data on asylum and resettlement in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987777/asylum-summary-mar-2021-tables.ods" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement summary tables</a>. The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and resettlement.</p><p><br> Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/06/2021 15:09:33 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1337950

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2021
	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	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff were allocated to processing asylum claims in (a) 2014, (b) 2018, (c) 2020 and (d) 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	17800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office are unable to state how many asylum applications were decided within the 26-week period in 2014, 2018, 2020 and 2021 to date but can state the number of applications decided within the 24-week period (6months) from Q2 2014 to Q2 2020.</p><p>This information can be found at Asy_01 of the published Migration Transparency data:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-protection-data-february-2021" target="_blank">Immigration &amp; Protection data: February 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The number of staff who were allocated to processing asylum claims in 2021 is not recorded and held in a reportable format. To obtain this information would require detailed reporting against multiple cost centres and could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.</p><p>However, the Home Office can provide the number of asylum case working staff from 2014 to 2020. This data can be found in ASY_04 of the published Transparency data:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-protection-data-february-2021" target="_blank">Immigration &amp; Protection data: February 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 17803 question first answered 22/06/2021 16:10:31 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1337807

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: National Insurance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that (a) employers, (b) financial institutions and (c) the Student Loans Company are aware that a National Insurance number is not required for a person to have the right to (i) work and (ii) access relevant services in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
	uin	17705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office has published extensive guidance for employers on how to conduct a check to establish whether an individual has a right to work. A list of acceptable documents which enable an individual to demonstrate they have the right work is set out in the Employers Guide to Right to Work Checks:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-work-checks-employers-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-work-checks-employers-guide</a>.</p><p>We keep our guidance under regular review and will consider whether there is more we can do to provide advice to employers on this matter.</p><p>My officials are also in regular dialogue with their counterparts in the Department for Work and Pensions, which has the lead on National Insurance Number policy.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/06/2021 16:54:54 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown