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1421226

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum and Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there were earned regularisation processing of distinct groups of undocumented people in each of the last five years; and what assessment her Department has made of the trends in the numbers of asylum applications in following years.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	121672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The Immigration Rules provide routes for someone who does not have leave in the United Kingdom to apply for leave to remain and regularise their stay.</p><p>Under the Family and Human Rights route a person and their dependents if appropriate can apply to remain on the basis their Article 8 Human Rights would be breached if they were required to leave the UK.</p><p>The statistics for people applying to stay in the UK permanently can be found at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fimmigration-statistics-quarterly-release&amp;data=04%7C01%7CSimon.Masterson%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C8a06bd7724804264480008d9f879f1e5%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637814024893958179%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=yYP7%2BpkuH3gqNtjn78kMj01U8Pg6lmcW9Pis55CSVZI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>, please note that these statistics are taken from a live database and are subject to change.</p><p>The statistics for the numbers claiming asylum can be found at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fasylum-and-resettlement-datasets&amp;data=04%7C01%7CSimon.Masterson%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C8a06bd7724804264480008d9f879f1e5%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637814024893958179%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=80dGVb2Vfnxo8bxqz1VHowKpa980%2FTocZzcOv%2B%2BM5Rk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">asylum detailed datasets</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 07/03/2022 11:18:37 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 53322 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1421262

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of outstanding applications for (a) UK citizenship and (b) indefinite leave to remain.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	121930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring our operational teams have the resources they need to run an efficient and effective system, and we actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet demand.</p><p> </p><p>Our aim is to process all applications for UK citizenship and indefinite leave to remain within our service level agreement (SLA) of six months. Each individual case is considered on its own facts, so may take longer dependent on the circumstances of the case, for example, if the applicant is facing an impending prosecution or has a criminal record.</p><p> </p><p>If an application is deemed complex and expected to take longer than the published SLA, UKVI will write to the customer within the SLA and explain what will happen next.</p><p>Information on our immigration routes with service standards and whether they have been processed against these standards is available as part of our transparency data, at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fmigration-transparency-data%23uk-visas-and-immigration&amp;data=04%7C01%7CDavid.Firth%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C421de191b8364ef4a67f08d9ec7705eb%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637800818201833445%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=SdxZZgrOsFWU2vWY6IADl5Tiu5wty5ad%2F0kadq0IkHI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 121931 question first answered 21/02/2022 10:26:36 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1421263

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
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 process outstanding applications for (a) UK citizenship and (b) indefinite leave to remain in a timely manner.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	121931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring our operational teams have the resources they need to run an efficient and effective system, and we actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet demand.</p><p> </p><p>Our aim is to process all applications for UK citizenship and indefinite leave to remain within our service level agreement (SLA) of six months. Each individual case is considered on its own facts, so may take longer dependent on the circumstances of the case, for example, if the applicant is facing an impending prosecution or has a criminal record.</p><p> </p><p>If an application is deemed complex and expected to take longer than the published SLA, UKVI will write to the customer within the SLA and explain what will happen next.</p><p>Information on our immigration routes with service standards and whether they have been processed against these standards is available as part of our transparency data, at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fmigration-transparency-data%23uk-visas-and-immigration&amp;data=04%7C01%7CDavid.Firth%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C421de191b8364ef4a67f08d9ec7705eb%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637800818201833445%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=SdxZZgrOsFWU2vWY6IADl5Tiu5wty5ad%2F0kadq0IkHI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 121930 question first answered 21/02/2022 10:26:36 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1421265

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer of 1 February to Question 11694 and Answer of 26 June 2020 to Question 28755, what (a) internal management information processes or (b) publication standards has changed within the last two years that prevent an answer to Question111694.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	121911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>Pursuant to answer of 1 February to Question 11694 and answer of 26 June 2020 to Question 28755, there have not been any changes to internal management information processes or publication standard that have changed within the last two years.</p><p>The Home Office remains committed to routinely publishing information which shows the number of cases in the entire asylum system outstanding, however some data we are unable to provide as it is not easily aggregated, can only be obtained at disproportionate costs or not held in a reportable format.</p><p>However, data on case age can be found in ASY_03 of the published Transparency data:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a></p><p>Whilst there are a number of older outstanding cases in the system, these are more complex cases which generally have barriers that prevents an initial asylum decision being made. These barriers are often varied and require time to clear, but our teams are actively working to clear and progress these to a decision.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/02/2022 15:57:05 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1421269

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Detention Centres
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 applied for UK asylum while in immigration detention in 2021.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	121812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes statistics on people entering, leaving and in detention in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. This data is broken down by asylum and non-asylum related detainees and are published in table Det_01 of the ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1033887/detention-summary-sep-2021-tables.ods" target="_blank">Detention summary tables</a>’.</p><p>“Asylum-related detainees” relates to detainees who have claimed asylum at some point, not just while in detention and also includes failed asylum seekers as well as those with open claims. The data therefore is not a direct count of people who applied for asylum while in detention.</p><p>Data on people leaving detention while their asylum claim is considered are included in the ‘Bailed (Secretary of State or SoS)’ category and are published in table Det_04a of the ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1033887/detention-summary-sep-2021-tables.ods" target="_blank">Detention summary tables</a>’ with the latest data being for the year ending September 2021. However, this does not specify when the asylum claim was raised.</p><p>The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on detention.</p><p>Figures to the end of December 2021, will be published on 24 February 2022.</p><p>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 Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/02/2022 10:35:35 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

1421270

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
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 new asylum applications were submitted by individuals who had previously been refused asylum in the UK in 2021.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	121813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>(121813) Our records indicate that a total of 6,760 Further Submissions in support of fresh applications for asylum were lodged in the United Kingdom in 2021.</p><p>(121814) The five most common nationalities that lodged Further Submissions in support of fresh applications for asylum in the United Kingdom in 2021 were:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Iraq</p></td><td><p>1,179</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Afghanistan</p></td><td><p>921</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>519</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iran</p></td><td><p>497</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>China</p></td><td><p>455</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/02/2022 16:53:35 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 52076 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

1420696

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received representations from Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit on their concerns that children seeking asylum in the UK are at a higher risk of criminal exploitation, self-harm and dying by suicide; and what steps she is taking to tackle the backlog of children seeking asylum.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	120904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office regularly receive representations from Greater Manchester child and migrants’ rights organisations on children seeking asylum in the UK.</p><p>The department most recently received a courtesy copy of an open letter dated 16 December 2021, from the Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU) in which 25 child and migrant rights organisations wrote to us and we replied to this on the 20 January 2022.</p><p>The department maintains a working relationship with GMIAU and other regional organisations through our strategic partnerships; including the Strategic Engagement Group (SEG) and National Asylum Stakeholder Forum (NASF), who continue to work collaboratively to ensure asylum claims from children and young people remains one of our top priorities.</p><p>The Home Office have established two dedicated case working Hubs for deciding children’s asylum claims which are now fully operational. The hubs have established improved focus on and greater control of children’s cases to build expertise, identify efficiencies and provide a consistency of decision making (and quicker outcomes) for our customers.</p><p>We continue to work collaboratively with Local Authorities nationally on the remote interview process for Accompanied and Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children and young people utilising digital interviewing video capabilities to complement in person interviews.</p><p>Since May 2021 we have increased Local Authority opt in for digital interviewing to 108 Local Authorities helping to speed up processes, reduce delays and the numbers of children and young people who have an outstanding claim.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to recruit additional decision-makers who will be trained to process children’s asylum claims to further reduce the number outstanding.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/02/2022 10:51:08 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1420701

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Daniel Morgan Independent Panel
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 has taken to implement the recommendations in The Report of the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	120930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>The majority of the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel’s recommendations were for policing. There are also recommendations for Government to address. Good progress is being made in responding to these recommendations and my officials are working across Government to ensure a comprehensive response to the Panel’s report.</p><p>In respect of those recommendations directed at the police, last June the Home Secretary wrote to the Commissioner of the MPS asking her to address those recommendations, as well as the wider themes highlighted by the Panel, as soon as practically possible. The Home Secretary also asked Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire &amp; Rescue Services to investigate the issues raised by the Panel.</p><p>The Home Secretary has committed to return to the House to provide an update to Parliament on progress made against the recommendations in the report, which she intends to do as soon as practicable after receiving the HMICFRS report and the response of the MPS this year.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/02/2022 13:06:54 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1420707

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Detention Centres
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 applicants were in immigration detention at the end of 2021.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	120791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes statistics on people in detention on the last day of each quarter in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on people in detention broken down by asylum and non-asylum related detainees are published in table Det_01 of the ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1033887/detention-summary-sep-2021-tables.ods" target="_blank">Detention summary tables</a>’</p><p> </p><p>The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on detention.</p><p>Asylum-related detainees relate to detainees who have claimed asylum at some point. This includes failed asylum seekers as well as those with open claims.</p><p> </p><p>Figures on people in detention at the end of December 2021 will be published on 24 February 2022.</p><p> </p><p>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 Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 21/02/2022 11:36:43 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1420708

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
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 cessation of international protection decisions were made by the UK in 2021 (a) in total, (b) by nationality of applicant and (c) by applicant's protection status.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	120792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2022 answer text <p>Information regarding the number of cessations or withdrawals of international protection decisions made by the UK in 2021, and the nationality, and protection status of each applicant subject to those decisions, is not held centrally and to obtain it would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 120793 question first answered 22/02/2022 16:29:02 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 52082 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald