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1735799

registered interest
date	21/10/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which countries do not accept the return of people with identity documentation issued by the UK.
tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	10127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2024 answer text <p>We do not expect that anyone being returned from the UK would still hold valid UK documentation. A person being removed from the UK has, by definition, no right to be in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Feltham and Heston answering member printed Seema Malhotra question first answered 29/10/2024 15:30:09 answering member 4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1735160

registered interest
date	17/10/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Brook House Immigration Removal Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's timetable is for making a decision on whether to grant Brooke House College Market Harborough a student sponsor licence.
tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	9768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2024 answer text <p>Institutions applying to join the Register of Student Sponsors usually receive a decision on their application within 8 weeks. UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) are not currently in receipt of such an application from Brooke House College at this time, and there is no decision outstanding in respect of Brooke House College’s sponsor licence status.</p> answering member constituency Feltham and Heston answering member printed Seema Malhotra question first answered 25/10/2024 09:37:16 answering member 4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1728431

registered interest
date	10/09/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
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 have absconded from immigration detention in each year since 2004.
tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	5104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on escapes from immigration detention in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on escapes from detention centres and absconds from escort is published by year in table Det_05a of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#detention" target="_blank">Detention summary tables</a>’. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The published data covers the period from 2017 to 2023. Data prior to 2017 is not published. Data for the year 2024 is due to be published in the August 2025 edition of the publication.</p> answering member constituency Wallasey answering member printed Dame Angela Eagle question first answered 18/09/2024 09:09:00 answering member 491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1728436

registered interest
date	10/09/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
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 former asylum applicants who have withdrawn their applications (a) have left the country and (b) her Department knew the location of in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	5105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely publish the information you have requested, we are unable to provide this information, as it could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wallasey answering member printed Dame Angela Eagle question first answered 18/09/2024 15:10:09 answering member 491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1725711

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Communication
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on communications in the last year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	3077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office reports data on media spending and discloses this together with IT in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p>Refer to page 243 (page 247 on the PDF reader) of the 2023-24 Annual Report and Accounts, through the link below.</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66b249b40808eaf43b50de07/2023-24_Home_Office_Annual_Report_and_Accounts.pdf" target="_blank">Home Office Annual Report and Accounts 2023 to 2024 (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson question first answered 11/09/2024 10:57:32 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1724458

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was loaned through refugee integration loans in each year since the scheme was created.
tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	2470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2024 answer text <p>Refugee Integration Loans were introduced in 2007 following a public consultation and have operated over the last seventeen years to help recipients with the costs of integrating into UK society. They are funded by the Home Office, who make the initial decisions on applications. They are then administered and recouped by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Single applicants can borrow between £100 and £500 and if applying jointly the maximum amount increases to £780.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office work with DWP to administer the loans across different IT platforms. Consequently, data on the level of loans provided on an annual basis is not held in an easily reportable format and would require a manual search of records that could only be conducted at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Feltham and Heston answering member printed Seema Malhotra grouped question UIN 2471 question first answered 02/09/2024 09:41:09 answering member 4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1724459

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much she expects will be loaned in refugee integration loans this year.
tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	2471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2024 answer text <p>Refugee Integration Loans were introduced in 2007 following a public consultation and have operated over the last seventeen years to help recipients with the costs of integrating into UK society. They are funded by the Home Office, who make the initial decisions on applications. They are then administered and recouped by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Single applicants can borrow between £100 and £500 and if applying jointly the maximum amount increases to £780.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office work with DWP to administer the loans across different IT platforms. Consequently, data on the level of loans provided on an annual basis is not held in an easily reportable format and would require a manual search of records that could only be conducted at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Feltham and Heston answering member printed Seema Malhotra grouped question UIN 2470 question first answered 02/09/2024 09:41:09 answering member 4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1724460

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse of the asylum system was in each year since 2005; and what estimate she has made of the cost for 2024.
tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	2472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2024 answer text <p>Data on asylum costs has been disclosed each year since 2013-14 in the Home Office’s Annual Report and Accounts. However, data for Financial Year 2024-25 is not yet published and will be available when the 2024-25 Annual Report and Accounts is published. Data for asylum costs was not published prior to Financial Year 2013-14.</p><p>Please refer to the below page references which are available through the following link:</p><p>Home Office annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p><p>Financial Year 2023-24 page 243 (page 247 on the PDF reader)</p><p>Financial Year 2022-23 page 244</p><p>Financial Year 2021-22 page 171</p><p>Financial Year 2020-21 page 159</p><p>Financial Year 2019-20 page 150</p><p>Financial Year 2018-19 page 135</p><p>Financial Year 2017-18 page 124</p><p>Financial Year 2016-17 page 115</p><p>Financial Year 2015-16 page 132 (page 133 on the PDF reader)</p><p>Financial Year 2014-15 page 124 (page 127 on the PDF reader)</p><p>Financial Year 2013-14 page 110 (page 127 on the PDF reader)</p> answering member constituency Wallasey answering member printed Dame Angela Eagle question first answered 05/09/2024 12:24:12 answering member 491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1724461

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Hotels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the median cost per night for hotel accommodation for asylum seekers was in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what the cost was of the (a) most and (b) least expensive decile.
tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	2473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government is determined to restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, firmly, and fairly, including reducing the use of hotels over time. Additionally, the Government will be reviewing current Home Office arrangements to ensure efficiency and deliver value for money.</p><p>Accommodation costs are considered to be commercially confidential; therefore, the Home Office does not publish this information. The total specific breakdowns of hotel costs are not reportable in the format requested, but the 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=05%7C02%7CASRA-briefingcorrespondence%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C0634139979654718aed108dcb156abe9%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638580233009623769%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=wNpfgkC4rGM1cfNzxt61fSKm7sYenm33CGF10E2UiqA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">HO annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The number of asylum seekers in receipt of Section 95 support is published quarterly. At the end of quarter four 2003 published statistics indicate that there were 47,148 people housed in Dispersal Accommodation and a further 30,362 in receipt of subsistence only support. The geographical location of these supported asylum seekers was not published at that time. Since 2019 data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation has been published at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fasylum-and-resettlement-datasets%23full-publication-update-history&amp;data=05%7C02%7CASRA-briefingcorrespondence%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C519b7b5cca24490de16208dcb14642d7%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638580162522650706%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=iMdhmxVpBMQfsCdTyWYlQLI3Ss5HFwqhWfQLoufCsWM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Wallasey answering member printed Dame Angela Eagle grouped question UIN 2474 question first answered 05/09/2024 13:39:23 answering member 491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1724462

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
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 supported asylum population in each local authority ward in England was on 31 December 2003.
tabling member constituency	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	2474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government is determined to restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, firmly, and fairly, including reducing the use of hotels over time. Additionally, the Government will be reviewing current Home Office arrangements to ensure efficiency and deliver value for money.</p><p>Accommodation costs are considered to be commercially confidential; therefore, the Home Office does not publish this information. The total specific breakdowns of hotel costs are not reportable in the format requested, but the 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=05%7C02%7CASRA-briefingcorrespondence%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C0634139979654718aed108dcb156abe9%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638580233009623769%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=wNpfgkC4rGM1cfNzxt61fSKm7sYenm33CGF10E2UiqA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">HO annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The number of asylum seekers in receipt of Section 95 support is published quarterly. At the end of quarter four 2003 published statistics indicate that there were 47,148 people housed in Dispersal Accommodation and a further 30,362 in receipt of subsistence only support. The geographical location of these supported asylum seekers was not published at that time. Since 2019 data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation has been published at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fasylum-and-resettlement-datasets%23full-publication-update-history&amp;data=05%7C02%7CASRA-briefingcorrespondence%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C519b7b5cca24490de16208dcb14642d7%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638580162522650706%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=iMdhmxVpBMQfsCdTyWYlQLI3Ss5HFwqhWfQLoufCsWM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Wallasey answering member printed Dame Angela Eagle grouped question UIN 2473 question first answered 05/09/2024 13:39:23 answering member 491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien