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date	10/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Interviews
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in England, what is the average waiting time for an asylum interview.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Sir George Howarth
uin	59471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office is unable to state what the average waiting time is for an asylum interview, or how many asylum claimants were awaiting their asylum interview because this information is not held in a reportable format, not routinely published and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>However, the Home Office does publish data on the number of asylum claims awaiting an initial decision by duration, for main claimant only. This data can be found at Asy_04 of the published Immigration Statistics:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2022/list-of-tables#asylum-and-resettlement" target="_blank">List of tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those who need it, in accordance with our international obligations. All asylum claims are considered on a case by case basis and in line with published policy, without unnecessary delay so that individuals who need protection and are granted asylum can start to integrate and rebuild their lives.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 17/10/2022 16:26:55 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1203843

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date	15/06/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants in receipt of universal credit died between (a) March to May 2020, and (b) March to May 2019.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	59471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>Universal Credit can be claimed by a range of working age people, some of whom have health conditions or disabilities, which may be degenerative or life limiting. The decision to claim Universal Credit can be prompted by a range of a factors, including when someone is terminally ill, so mortality figures should not be viewed in isolation.</p><p> </p><p>Between 1st March 2019 and 31st May 2019, 1,600, or less than 0.1 per cent, applications were made to Universal Credit where the claimant died. Over the same period the volume of people on Universal Credit stood at 2.3 million.</p><p> </p><p>Between 1st March 2020 and 31st May 2020, 2,700, or less than 0.1 percent, applications were made to Universal Credit where the claimant died. Over the same period the volume of people on Universal Credit stood at 4.9 million.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/07/2020 16:06:21 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 32176 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

670754

registered interest
date	10/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Business
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what investigations (a) her Department and (b) the Further Education Commissioner has undertaken into the educational impact and value for money of the Gazelle Colleges Group, and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	59471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2017 answer text <p>The Gazelle College Group is an independent organisation, not funded by Government. Decisions taken by Colleges to join or fund independent sector bodies are for their Corporations as charitable trustees, who should ensure they receive value for money for any expenditure incurred.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 25/01/2017 14:09:25 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie