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date	25/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homelessness: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recent Refugee Council report Keys to the City 2024: ending refugee homelessness in London and its finding that in the two years to September 2023, there was a 239 per cent increase in refugees requiring homelessness support from local authorities after being evicted from Home Office asylum accommodation.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwark
uin	HL4118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2024 answer text <p>We recognise the number of individuals moving on from the asylum support system is placing pressure on local authorities. The Home Office and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities are working closely on this and have been regularly engaging with local authorities to ensure they are supported. There are a number of improvements in train to ensure local authorities receive early notification of those leaving Home Office asylum accommodation to enable effective planning.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 10/05/2024 11:20:36 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark

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date	01/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Interviews
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many adults applying for a passport for the first time have failed to attend their scheduled personal interview in each year since such interviews were required.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL4118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>The numbers given reflect the number of interviews where the applicant failed to attend.</p><p>An applicant is given three attempts to book and attend an interview. If they fail to attend 3 times then we can withdraw their application.</p><p>From 2008 to 2009 information on failed interviews was held in each Interview Office and not collated or transformed into centrally held data.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year <br></p></td><td><p>Number of interviews where applicant did not attend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>4887</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>4542</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>3442</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>4623</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>3967</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>4414</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 08/12/2015 15:35:23 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno