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1685088

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the time limit after which asylum seekers with outstanding claims may seek permission to work.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	11476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>Asylum seekers cannot work unless they have had their asylum claim outstanding for 12 months or more, through no fault of their own. Those who apply and are granted permission to work after 12 months are restricted to applying for jobs on the Shortage Occupation List (SOL). This is based on expert advice from the independent Migration Advisory Committee.</p><p> </p><p>Our current policy approach on permission to work is longstanding and there are no plans to make changes, other than aligning it with the upcoming Immigration Salary List, which replaces the SOL. It is important that we distinguish between individuals who need protection and those seeking to work here who can apply for a work visa under the Immigration Rules. The government has always been clear that asylum seekers do not need to make perilous journeys in order to seek employment in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Unrestricted access to employment could act as an incentive for more migrants to choose to come here illegally; leading to further dangerous journeys across the Channel and supporting the business model of people smugglers, rather than claim asylum in the first safe country they reach.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 01/02/2024 12:15:57 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1685092

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Hospitality Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of (a) businesses and (b) workers in the hospitality sector that will be affected by proposed increases to the minimum salary requirements for a skilled worker visa in (i) the UK and (ii) Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	11507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>Analytical work has been undertaken across Government to support decision making in this process, and an Impact Assessment will be developed in due course.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 30/01/2024 16:32:27 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1685093

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
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 information his Department holds on the number of asylum seekers that were affected by (a) mould and (b) other damp conditions in (i) social housing, (ii) the private rented sector and (iii) hotel accommodation in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	11508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office ensures that all asylum accommodation is safe, habitable, fit for purpose and meets all regulatory requirements.</p><p> </p><p>Home Office accommodation providers are required to visit each property at least monthly, and assurance that contractual requirements are met is tested by the Home Office Contract Assurance Team, which inspects properties and undertakes other assurance activities on an intelligence-led basis.</p><p> </p><p>All asylum seekers have access to a 24/7 Advice, Issue Reporting and Eligibility (AIRE) service provided for the Home Office by Migrant Help, where any concerns regarding accommodation standards can be raised. Issues will then be investigated and addressed in accordance with strict contractual target timeframes.</p><p> </p><p>The information you have requested is not held in a readily reportable format and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 30/01/2024 12:55:48 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1685094

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of (a) self-harm, (b) depression and (c) suicidal ideation have been reported by people living in government-provided asylum accommodation in (i) hotels, (ii) barges, (iii) former military sites and (iv) detention facilities and removal centres in each of the last 15 years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	11509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>Central records on the number of cases of self-harm and suicidal ideation that have been reported in immigration removal centres (IRCs) are not held as far back as 15 years. Additionally, no central records on the number of cases of depression reported in IRCs are held. This information relates to health conditions which are treated as medical in confidence and therefore the Home Office would not necessarily know if someone in detention was experiencing depression.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 30/01/2024 13:07:43 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1685095

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
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 seekers per capita of the general population are accommodated in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	11510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>Data on immigration groups by devolved administration is published in table Reg_01 of the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fimmigration-system-statistics-data-tables%23regional-and-local-authority-data-on-immigration-groups&amp;data=05%7C02%7CASRA-briefingcorrespondence%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cd59ee42c10484a85665508dc1e69e69f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638418687378771610%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=H5cv74YgqyM8ZQgeVsEXlBrX4g%2Bk7wEThKFbSrp1RT0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Regional and local authority data</a>. The number of people under the Homes for Ukraine scheme, the Afghan resettlement programme and the supported asylum population and the per capita figure for these three pathways combined is published. Data on the supported population does not include people who are not receiving state support (such as unsupported asylum seekers).</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 30/01/2024 13:06:40 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1685096

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Ethnic Groups
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 seekers there are in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland by ethnic group as of 25 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	11511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 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 System Statistics Quarterly Release’</a>. Data on asylum applications received is published in table Asy_D01 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">‘Asylum applications, decisions and resettlement detailed datasets’</a>. This data is only at national level and includes nationality breakdowns, but not ethnic breakdown.</p><p>Data on asylum seekers in receipt of support by UK region is published in table Asy_D09 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#asylum-support" target="_blank">‘Asylum support’</a> detailed datasets. Not all asylum seekers will require support. The data does not include location information for those who are not on support.</p><p> </p><p>Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of each workbook. The latest data relates to 30 September 2023. Data up to the end of December 2023 will be published on 29 February 2024 and data up to the end of March 2023 will be published on 23 May 2024.</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 30/01/2024 13:05:18 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1685144

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Grenfell Tower Inquiry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report entitled Progress against the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 recommendations, published on 29 June 2023, if he will publish an updated report.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	11535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government publishes a detailed bi-annual progress tracker on implementation of the Phase 1 recommendations. The next iteration is due to be published shortly.</p><p>The tracker can be found on the gov.uk website under Grenfell Progress Tracker. The June 2023 tracker reported the following overall completion rates:</p><ul><li>31 of the 46 recommendations completed overall.</li><li>10 out of 15 recommendations for Government (more detail on the five outstanding recommendations, which relate to evacuation, is set out below).</li><li>13 out of the 14 for LFB only.</li><li>1 out of the 9 for all FRSs. FRSs have, however, reported to the NFCC completion of 91% of their actions on average, but national recommendations cannot be signed off as complete until all 44 services have completed all actions in full.</li></ul><p>7 out of 8 for other bodies including other emergency services.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 30/01/2024 15:21:37 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1685193

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sir Edward Heath
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks of Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 17 January (HL Deb col 466), whether the Home Secretary has had the opportunity to read the relevant section of Hansard for that date; and what was his response.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL1923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>Having considered the Hansard record of the debate of 17 January 2024 titled <em>Sir Edward Heath: Operation Conifer, </em>the Government has no plans to commission a review of either the conduct of the investigation into allegations made against Sir Edward Heath or the findings of that investigation.</p><p> </p><p>The Operation Conifer investigation has already been subject to considerable external scrutiny, and its Summary Closure Report emphasises that no inference of guilt should be drawn from the fact that, had he been alive, Sir Edward Heath would have been interviewed under caution concerning seven allegations to obtain his account of events.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 07/02/2024 16:43:37 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

1685219

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the proportion of those issued graduate visas in each of the years (1) 2021, (2) 2022 and (3) 2023 who (a) remain in the UK today, and (b) are expected to remain in the UK five years after their visa was first issued.
tabling member printed	Lord Tyrie
uin	HL1949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office published an Impact Assessment in March 2021 prior to the introduction of the Graduate route, which can be found at this link: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F6040c189e90e077ddb7fff8a%2FGraduate_Route_Impact_Assessment.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7CCharlie.Twyman1%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ce1528fa549664f1ed9e708dc1e7c0ec7%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638418765366288732%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=KgqLIk0LE%2BxKM3gnbGnZZSKy0y2bLGgkL1A4JbDzbts%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Impact Assessment template (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a>. In addition, the Home Office publishes <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migrant-journey" target="_blank">Migrant journey</a> statistics which look at how migrants’ leave status changes over time. Future updates to this should provide insights into what people on the Graduate route do after their leave has expired.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 07/02/2024 16:46:17 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	112 label Biography information for Lord Tyrie

1685220

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the proportion of adult dependents of those on student visas who are in work.
tabling member printed	Lord Tyrie
uin	HL1950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>The Impact Assessment for the EU Withdrawal Bill estimated that of those non-EEA migrants that arrived in or after 2013 and who came to accompany and join, 41% were in employment.</p><p>The Home Office continues to review the evidence around employment of dependants.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 07/02/2024 16:41:47 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	112 label Biography information for Lord Tyrie