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1674408

registered interest
date	30/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has taken recent steps to provide financial support to asylum seekers housed in hotels for their voluntary return.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	4757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office will always look to support those who wish to depart the United Kingdom voluntarily, and the extent of that support is based on a case-by-case assessment of an individual’s needs. General eligibility criteria can be found online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/return-home-voluntarily/who" target="_blank">Get help to return home if you’re a migrant in the UK: Who can get help - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The Home Office publishes statistics on all types of removals from the UK, which include voluntary departures. The latest statistics are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration system statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. Published datasets for voluntary returns are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/returns-and-detention-datasets" target="_blank">Returns and detention datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The cost of a voluntary return depends on the individual circumstances of the case, and therefore we are not able to provide a definitive figure.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 4758 4759 question first answered 08/12/2023 13:07:52 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1674409

registered interest
date	30/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Repatriation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps his Department has taken to help encourage the voluntary return of illegal migrants; and if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of his voluntary return schemes for reducing illegal immigration.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	4758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office will always look to support those who wish to depart the United Kingdom voluntarily, and the extent of that support is based on a case-by-case assessment of an individual’s needs. General eligibility criteria can be found online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/return-home-voluntarily/who" target="_blank">Get help to return home if you’re a migrant in the UK: Who can get help - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The Home Office publishes statistics on all types of removals from the UK, which include voluntary departures. The latest statistics are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration system statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. Published datasets for voluntary returns are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/returns-and-detention-datasets" target="_blank">Returns and detention datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The cost of a voluntary return depends on the individual circumstances of the case, and therefore we are not able to provide a definitive figure.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 4757 4759 question first answered 08/12/2023 13:07:52 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1674410

registered interest
date	30/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Repatriation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding his Department has provided for the operation of voluntary return schemes for illegal migrants in the 2023-24 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	4759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office will always look to support those who wish to depart the United Kingdom voluntarily, and the extent of that support is based on a case-by-case assessment of an individual’s needs. General eligibility criteria can be found online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/return-home-voluntarily/who" target="_blank">Get help to return home if you’re a migrant in the UK: Who can get help - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The Home Office publishes statistics on all types of removals from the UK, which include voluntary departures. The latest statistics are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration system statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. Published datasets for voluntary returns are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/returns-and-detention-datasets" target="_blank">Returns and detention datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The cost of a voluntary return depends on the individual circumstances of the case, and therefore we are not able to provide a definitive figure.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 4757 4758 question first answered 08/12/2023 13:07:52 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1640098

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
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 who entered the UK on a student visa overstayed the duration of their visa in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	186765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish a record of those on student visas who overstayed.</p><p>Our published data can be found in the available Migration Statistics on GOV.UK, https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2022/why-do-people-come-to-the-uk-to-study</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 186766 question first answered 09/06/2023 11:29:54 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1640100

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
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 sought to enter the UK to study a course that was found to be fake in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	186766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish a record of those on student visas who overstayed.</p><p>Our published data can be found in the available Migration Statistics on GOV.UK, https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2022/why-do-people-come-to-the-uk-to-study</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 186765 question first answered 09/06/2023 11:29:54 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1609843

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Demonstrations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to issue guidance on the new buffer zone provision in the Public Order Bill.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	179976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>Ahead of the commencement of the Public Order Bill, expected to be in Spring/Summer 2023, the College of Policing and the Crown Prosecution Service are updating relevant public order guidance and training to reflect the inclusion of the offence of interference with access to or provision of abortion services.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/04/2023 16:22:50 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1599562

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Abortion: Clinics
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 she has made of the effectiveness of public spaces protection orders around abortion clinics.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	154027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) are designed to stop individuals or groups committing anti-social behaviour in a public space.</p><p>Several local authorities have imposed PSPOs outside of abortion clinics. Decisions regarding restrictions imposed are for the local authority which is required to consider people’s rights under the European Convention.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 06/03/2023 12:01:23 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1599563

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Public Spaces Protection Orders
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 she has made of the effectiveness of public spaces protection orders.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	154028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) are designed to stop individuals or groups committing anti-social behaviour in a public space.</p><p>Several local authorities have imposed PSPOs outside of abortion clinics. Decisions regarding restrictions imposed are for the local authority which is required to consider people’s rights under the European Convention.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 06/03/2023 12:02:24 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1585030

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
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 on which a final decision has not been made were lodged before 1 January 2010.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	141622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on final outcomes on asylum applications can be found in table Asy_D04 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’. Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks. The latest data are accurate as of June 2022. An update to this table will be published in August 2023. 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 Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 14/02/2023 16:17:11 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1585031

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much police forces spent on campaigns aimed at diversifying their recruitment in the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	141623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2023 answer text <p>The recruitment of an additional 20,000 officers across England and Wales is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to support all forces become more representative of the communities they serve.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold information on how much forces have spent on local recruitment campaigns. Decisions on the use of funding &amp; resource are an operational matter for Chief Constables &amp; Police and Crime Commissioners who are best placed to make decisions based on local knowledge and experience.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 15/02/2023 15:28:03 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton