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Dan Norris:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour in communities in North East Somerset & Hanham constituency. \p Dame Diana Johnson: Tackling anti-social behaviour (ASB) and the harm it causes is a top priority for this Government and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission.

​The Government’s Plan for Change details our commitment to reduce ASB, including a dedicated lead officer in every police force in England and Wales working with communities to develop a local ASB action plan. We are also delivering on our commitment to restore and strengthen neighbourhood policing, ensuring thousands of additional police officers and police community support officers are out patrolling in our town centres and communities to make the streets safer.

These officers will be equipped with tougher powers, such as the Respect Order, which was introduced in the Crime and Policing Bill, to crack down on ASB and crimes blighting our high streets and town centres.

The 2025-26 final Police Funding Settlement provides funding of up to £19.6 billion for the policing system in England and Wales. This is an overall increase of up to £1.2 billion when compared to the 2024-25 settlement and includes an additional £200 million to kickstart the first phase of putting 13,000 additional police officers and personnel into neighbourhood policing roles.

The Home Office is also providing £66.3m funding this financial year (2025-26) to police forces in England and Wales to deliver high visibility patrols in the areas worst affected by knife crime and ASB. Avon and Somerset Police will receive £1,641,063 of this funding.
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Dr Al Pinkerton:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of unauthorised caravan encampments in Surrey Heath constituency. \p Dame Diana Johnson: While the Home Office sets the overall legal framework, local authorities retain the powers needed to manage unauthorised encampments. Where enforcement is required, it is an operational matter for the police, working with local authorities.
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made in establishing a new neighbourhood policing career pathway. \p Dame Diana Johnson: The Home Office have provided funding for the College of Policing to deliver a new training provision, the Neighbourhood Policing Pathway (NPP), which will deliver specialist training to all neighbourhood police officers and PCSOs in England and Wales.
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Sir Oliver Dowden:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests were made of for online malicious communications in Hertfordshire in 2024. \p Dame Diana Johnson: The requested data is not centrally held, and could only be collated for the purpose of answering these queries at disproportionate cost.
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Andy MacNae:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to receive  advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs on the classification of ketamine. \p Dame Diana Johnson: In January this year, the Government asked the independent statutory advisory body, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, to provide an updated assessment of the harms of ketamine, including whether it should be reclassified to become a Class A drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The ACMD is independent of Government and provides a broad range of recommendations, including advice on legislative changes.

In March, the ACMD published its work programme for 2025. The programme sets out the ACMD’s intention to complete its ketamine assessment by the end of Autumn this year. When the council provides its advice, the Government will consider it carefully before deciding how to proceed.
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Katie Lam:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has provided guidance to police forces on tackling antisemitic (a) chants and (b) slogans at universities. \p Dame Diana Johnson: i refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave on 15 May 2025 to Question UIN 51023.
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) current but not medically downgraded, (b) current and medically downgraded and (c) former police officers who have committed suicide in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years. \p Dame Diana Johnson: This Government has been clear that the health and wellbeing of our police workforce is a priority and we are committed to making improvements in wellbeing support through the Police Covenant.

We continue to fund the National Police Wellbeing Service (NPWS). The NPWS helps forces identify the areas of policing with the highest risk of impacting officer and staff mental health and developing work around building resilience. In addition, the NWPS are piloting a 24/7 Mental Health Crisis Support Line, providing urgent support for our police when they need it the most.

The NPWS have also created a national suicide action plan which aims to educate and support the workforce, reduce stress and improve data recording. They have also developed an evidenced-based trauma support model which is now available to forces.
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Cameron Thomas:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to deliver effective community policing in rural areas. \p Dame Diana Johnson: The Government is committed to strong neighbourhood policing for everyone in England and Wales, wherever they live. On 10 April, the Prime Minister outlined further details about our Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee, including that by July, every community, including rural communities, will have named and contactable officers dedicated to addressing their issues.

This financial year we will be providing the first Home Office funding since 2023 for the National Rural Crime Unit (NRCU) as well as continuing funding for the National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU). The funding boost of over £800,000 in total will help the units tackle those crimes that predominantly affect our rural communities.

This will allow these specialist units to continue their work in tackling rural and wildlife crime which can pose unique challenges for policing given the scale and isolation of rural areas.

The National Police Chiefs' Council Wildlife and Rural Crime Strategy 2022-2025 provides a framework through which policing, and its partners can work together to tackle the most prevalent threats and emerging issues which predominantly affect rural communities NPCC-Wildlife-Rural-Crime-Strategy-2022-2025.pdf (nwcu.police.uk) We are working closely with the NPCC to deliver the next iteration of their strategy, to ensure the government's Safer Streets Mission benefits every community no matter where they live, including rural communities.
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Mr Andrew Snowden:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of online content on trends in (a) youth violence and (b) knife crime. \p Dame Diana Johnson: We are continously working to enhance our understanding of how social media platforms are being used by gangs, and how content translates to ‘real-world’ violence. We are investing in targeted law enforcement capabilities to disrupt online gang operations and reduce the crime and violence they bring to our communities. The National Crime Agency is working in partnership with policing colleagues across the UK and internationally to map and target key offenders operating online, including the darknet markets.

The Online Safety Act 2023 is a key mechanism to monitor and tackle illegal content online. It requires providers within the scope of the Act to implement measures to remove illegal content, including that related to inciting violence. If providers fail to abide by their duties under the Act, Ofcom, as the independent regulator, can now enforce against the illegal content duties and have already launched several enforcement programmes to monitor compliance with the regime.

The Government is closely monitoring the implementation and effectiveness of the Online Safety Act and is committed to ensuring it delivers the necessary protections to ensure a safer online environment and tackles illegal content.

Exposure to violent content online, including knife-sales material, can have real-world impacts. Following the independent end-to-end review of online knife sales conducted by Commander Steve Clayman, we are working to tackle the impacts of online knife-sales content on ‘real-world’ knife crime.
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Sir John Hayes:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps with the police to review procedures to help ensure that serving officers do not face punitive disciplinary proceedings for raising concerns about operational risks \p Dame Diana Johnson: Police officers have a statutory duty to report any wrongdoing under their Standards of Professional Behaviour and it is vital that they are supported in doing so. There are a number of routes, both internal and external, to raise such concerns, including through the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) Reporting Line, which enables police officers and staff to report concerns of wrongdoing that a criminal offence has been committed, or where there is evidence of conduct that would justify disciplinary proceedings.

The Code of Ethics, issued by the College of Policing, encourages policing to use the recognised route to report concerns through force confidential reporting lines, and explains that ‘whistleblowers’ will be provided legal protections set out in the Employment Right Act 1996.

Crimestoppers have also announced a new phone number to report corruption and abuse within the police, jointly commissioned by the National Police Chiefs Council and the Association of Police Crime Commissioners, which, in addition to the public, is also available for use by serving police officers and staff
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the domestic worker visa on the number of people who have become victims of (a) modern slavery and (b) labour exploitation. \p Jess Phillips: The Government keeps all immigration routes under regular review to ensure safeguards are in place to prevent exploitation and modern slavery.

The Home Office recognises that Overseas Domestic Workers are a distinctively vulnerable cohort. As set out in the Immigration White Paper, we will reconsider the purpose of the Overseas Domestic Worker route and strengthen action to stop employers exploiting their staff. When victims of modern slavery are identified, including overseas domestic workers, the Home Office provides specialist support through the National Referral Mechanism to help them in their recovery from exploitation.
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Mr Andrew Snowden:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the use of illegally modified electric bikes. \p Dame Diana Johnson: Ministers and officials meet with their counterparts on a regular basis and discuss a wide range of topics.

The police have powers under the Police Reform Act 2002 to deal with vehicles being used anti-socially and under the Road Traffic Act 1988 to deal with vehicles being ridden without insurance or driving licence. How the police use these powers is an operational matter.

The Government announced proposals in the Crime and Policing Bill to strengthen existing powers to clamp down on vehicles, including illegally modified electric bikes, involved in anti-social behaviour, with officers no longer required to issue a warning before seizing vehicles.

On 28 May, the Government launched a 6-week consultation on proposals to allow the police to dispose of seized vehicles which have been used anti-socially and which have been ridden without insurance or a driving licence from 14 days to 48 hours and 7 days respectively. Combined, these proposals will help tackle the scourge of vehicles ridden anti-socially and illegally by sending a clear message to would be offenders and local communities that this behaviour will not be tolerated.
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Sarah Bool:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle rural crime in South Northamptonshire. \p Dame Diana Johnson: Under our Safer Streets Mission reforms, rural communities will be better safeguarded, with tougher measures to clamp down on anti-social behaviour, increased neighbourhood policing and stronger measures to prevent theft of farm equipment and fly-tipping.

This financial year we will be providing the first Home Office funding since 2023 for the National Rural Crime Unit (NRCU) as well as continuing funding for the National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU). The funding boost of over £800,000 in total will help the units tackle those crimes that predominantly affect our rural communities.

This will allow these specialist units to continue their work in tackling rural and wildlife crime which can pose unique challenges for policing given the scale and isolation of rural areas.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council Wildlife and Rural Crime Strategy 2022-2025 provides a framework through which policing, and its partners can work together to tackle the most prevalent threats and emerging issues which predominantly affect rural communities NPCC-Wildlife-Rural-Crime-Strategy-2022-2025.pdf (nwcu.police.uk) We are working closely with the NPCC to deliver the next iteration of their strategy, to ensure the government’s Safer Streets Mission benefits every community no matter where they live, including rural communities.
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made in considering a (a) targeted and (b) capped expansion of the High Potential Individual visa route. \p Seema Malhotra: The Immigration White paper, published 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues, including the High Potential Individual visa route, further details of which will be set out in due course.
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 156 of the White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, what legislative proposals she plans to bring forward to set out (a) when and (b) how a person can make a claim on the basis of exceptional circumstances. \p Seema Malhotra: As set out in the Immigration White Paper, we will provide further details of our revised Family Policy by the end of the year.
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Chris Philp:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking in relation to institutions that have sponsored high numbers of students who have later claimed asylum. \p Seema Malhotra: The Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May, sets out proposals for reform in a wide range of areas, including student visas, further details of which will be set out in due course.
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Jack Rankin:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Border Force personnel at Heathrow Airport specifically (a) track and (b) seize illegally imported money. \p Seema Malhotra: In the interests of maintaining border security, Border Force does not routinely disclose information of a port-specific nature.
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of potential risks from sub-threshold Russian activity in relation to the infiltration of potential return hubs located in Eastern Europe. \p Dame Angela Eagle: The Home Office and its partner agencies work closely and continuously with their international counterparts, including those working at the EU external border, to review the patterns and drivers behind migration patterns, assess risks, and develop our responses accordingly.
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Nadia Whittome:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s research entitled Understanding asylum seeker and refugee vulnerabilities and needs (2022), published on 22 May 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential implications of its findings for her policies on (a) asylum seeker safeguarding and (b) enforcement culture in her Department. \p Dame Angela Eagle: The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration and asylum system under review, taking into account a wide range of research and evidence, as well as consultation with relevant experts and stakeholders.
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) removal flights have been conducted (b) returnees were on each removal flight and (c) what was each removal flight’s destination since 5 July 2024. \p Dame Angela Eagle: The Home Office routinely publishes data on returns and removals as part of its regular series of Immigration System Statistics, the latest edition of which is available here: Immigration system statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK.
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Lewis Cocking:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who arrived in the UK by small boat in the last 12 months have criminal records in their countries of origin. \p Dame Angela Eagle: Security and identity checks are carried out in respect of all small boat arrivals including criminality checks on UK databases for, amongst other things, convictions, pending prosecutions and wanted or missing reports. Further checks on criminality depend on the circumstances of each case.
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Mr Andrew Snowden:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that emergency response teams are adequately (a) trained and (b) equipped to respond to road traffic incidents in (i) Fylde constituency and (ii) Lancashire. \p Dame Diana Johnson: The development and maintenance of police driving-related curricula and supporting resources is the responsibility of the College of Policing, with support from the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) Police Driving Lead.

Decisions on the allocation of equipment used to respond to road traffic incidents is an operational matter for Lancashire Constabulary.
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Kevin Hollinrake:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed Chinese Embassy on cyber security for the BT telephone exchange. \p Dan Jarvis: In line with my previous response to UIN 29609 on 12 February 2025, the planning application has been called in by the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and she will make this quasi-judicial decision independent from the rest of Government, and from any form of external interference by any other party.

The Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary submitted written representations to the Planning Inspector on 14 January. That letter is clear that the Home Office has considered the breadth of national security issues associated with the proposed Embassy. It would not be appropriate to comment in detail on specific matters relating to national security.
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Kevin Hollinrake:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 21 May 2025 to Question HL7317 on Fire and Rescue Service and Police: Employers’ Contribution, what methodology her Department used to calculate the National Insurance mitigation funding for police forces. \p Dame Diana Johnson: Allocations of the relevant funding were based on total workforce headcount shares as at March 2024.
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Kevin Hollinrake:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has issued guidance in addition to the Ministerial Code on engaging with extremist organisations that are subject to a Government policy of non-engagement or proscription in a (a) personal and (b) Parliamentary capacity. \p Dan Jarvis: No such guidance is considered necessary. The Government's policy on these matters is clear, and is unchanged from the approach adopted under successive Governments before.
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Helen Maguire:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's review on the UK's response to Transnational Repression, whether she had discussions with the 10 bountied Hong Kongers residing in the UK. \p Dan Jarvis: The safety and security of Hong Kongers in the UK is, and always will be, a priority. Owing to the sensitive nature of this topic and the need to protect individuals who may be at threat, it would be inappropriate to provide further detail of any specific discussions we have had.
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Helen Maguire:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of her Department's guidelines to call 101 or 999 when reporting transnational crimes as her Department does not have a working definition of transnational repression. \p Dan Jarvis: As recommended by the Defending Democracy Taskforce's review of transnational repression (TNR), the UK recognises TNR as a term used to describe certain foreign state-directed crimes against individuals, ranging from threat-to-life to online harassment. The description is deliberately broad to provide maximum flexibility to address this evolving threat. The National Security Act 2023 has already given us powers to address this activity.

The Government has published new guidance on GOV.UK providing those who believe themselves to be at risk of TNR with practical advice for their safety both physically and online, including what TNR is and how to report it.

The TNR Review carefully considered – in consultation with Counter Terrorism Policing - how best to encourage reporting and ensure that reports received are treated seriously and dealt with appropriately. Existing functions have been found to be efficient, effective, and widely recognised, with trained officers and staff dealing with crime reporting on a 24/7 basis. These existing mechanisms ensure victims receive the support they need.

The College of Policing have launched training and guidance on state-directed crimes which is now available for all 45 territorial police forces in the UK.
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Helen Maguire:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department (a) has consulted and (b) plans to consult with members of the Hong Kong community living in the UK on the Transnational Repression review. \p Dan Jarvis: The TNR Review engaged with civil society organisations on behalf of communities they consider to be at risk of TNR, as well as with victims of TNR, community leaders and academics. Further engagement, including with victims of TNR and civil society organisations is planned.

More broadly, the UK Government meets regularly with and maintains good relationships with civil society organisations including those advocating on TNR on behalf of communities they consider to be at risk.
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Kevin Hollinrake:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to disrupt pro-Iranian regime groups spreading extremist narratives in the UK. \p Dan Jarvis: I announced in my statement to the House on 4 March that we are reviewing where any Iranian interference is being conducted in the UK and that Iran has been specified on the Enhanced Tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS) under the National Security Act 2023. This specification of Iran will shine more light on any undisclosed relationships between the Iranian state and UK-based institutions and individuals.

In concert with partners, we will continue to use all the tools at our disposal to protect the UK, and its people, from any Iran-linked threats.
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David Davis:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many technical capability notices issued under s.253 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 have been complied with in each year. \p Dan Jarvis: For reasons of national security, it has been a long-standing position that the Government does not confirm or deny compliance of operators given a notice under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016. We also do not publish the number of technical capability notices issued or release identities of those subject to a technical capability notice. To do so may identify operational capabilities or harm the commercial interests of companies.
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David Davis:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many technical capability notices her Department has issued under s.253 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 in each year, not including the notice rejected by Apple. \p Dan Jarvis: For reasons of national security, it has been a long-standing position that the Government does not confirm or deny compliance of operators given a notice under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016. We also do not publish the number of technical capability notices issued or release identities of those subject to a technical capability notice. To do so may identify operational capabilities or harm the commercial interests of companies.
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Sarah Olney:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that (a) police and (b) independent schools can share data in relation to (i) Operation Encompass and (ii) the implementation of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024. \p Jess Phillips: The Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 introduced a duty on all 43 police forces to make Operation Encompass notifications to schools after attending a domestic abuse incident in a child’s home before the start of the next school day.

The Home Office is currently planning the commencement of the duty. This will include considering what guidance or training police forces may require to ensure a consistent approach with all schools.
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Sarah Pochin:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many irregular mirgrants (a) have been convicted of criminal offences and (b) were awaiting sentencing on 3 June 2025. \p Dame Angela Eagle: I welcome the Hon Member to her new role, and I wish her well representing the great people of Runcorn and Helsby.

The Cabinet Office’s Guide to Parliamentary Work states that: “There is an advisory cost limit known as the disproportionate cost threshold which is the level above which departments can decide not to answer a written question. The current disproportionate cost threshold is £850.”

I regret that the information she has requested is not currently available from published statistics, and would require a manual trawl of case files to identify and collate, something that could only be done at disproportionate cost.
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring family units have sufficient money to financially support any migrants without relying on the public purse through (a) reviewing and (b) extending the financial requirements to other dependant routes. \p Seema Malhotra: The Immigration White paper, published 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues, including reform of Family Migration, further details of which will be set out in due course.

On 10 September 2024, the Home Secretary commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to review the financial requirements in the Family Immigration Rules. It is expected the MAC will issue their report in the Summer. We will carefully consider the MAC’s recommendations before making any further changes.
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Sarah Pochin:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many irregular migrants are housed in hotels in (a) Runcorn and Helsby constituency and (b) Cheshire county. \p Dame Angela Eagle: The requested data is not available at constituency level, but data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation, including hotels, broken down by local authority, is routinely published within the Asy_D11 tab of our regular immigration system statistical release, the latest version of which can be found here: Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK.
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 160 of the White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, when she plans to undertake a review of existing refugee (a) sponsorship and (b) resettlement schemes. \p Seema Malhotra: The Immigration White paper, published on 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues including a review of refugee sponsorship and resettlement, further details of which will be set out in due course.
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from where the 1,000 staff redeployed into enforcement and returns since 5 July 2024 were moved from. \p Dame Angela Eagle: Since July 2024 the Home Office has redeployed 1,000 FTE staff to increase delivery of the government’s returns and enforcement priorities. These staff have been drawn from across the Department, including from those teams previously deployed to try and make the failed Rwanda scheme work.
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Alex Sobel:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the White paper entitled Restoring Control over the Immigration System, published in May 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the settlement rule on British Nationals (Overseas) visa holders. \p Seema Malhotra: The British National (Overseas) (BN(O)) route was launched on 31 January 2021 in response to China’s passing of the National Security Law. The route reflects the UK’s historic and moral commitment to those people of Hong Kong who chose to retain their ties to the UK by taking up BN(O) status at the point of Hong Kong’s handover to China in 1997.

The Government is committed to supporting members of the Hong Kong community who have relocated to the UK and those who may come here in future.

Further details of all measures announced in the Immigration White Paper will be set out in the normal way in due course, and where necessary, will be subject to consultation.
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Neil Duncan-Jordan:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of rules requiring social care workers who fail to find alternative sponsorship arrangements to leave the UK on their dependents. \p Seema Malhotra: The White Paper, published on May 12 2025, set out that the Government intend to end access to the Health and Care visa for carers due to worker exploitation in the route. There will be a transition period until 2028, we will permit visa extensions and in-country switching for those already in the country with working rights, but this will be kept under review.

On 9 April the Home Office previously restricted access to overseas recruitment unless employers have first tried to recruit international care workers in the UK. Sponsors are also required to access the redeployment pool before sponsoring switching applications in-country so although we are considering whether this requirement will be needed longer term, we are not in a position to confirm at this stage.
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to simplify the application process for the global talent visa for top (a) scientific and (b) design talent. \p Seema Malhotra: The UK’s current immigration system includes targeted routes for individuals who promote growth to come to the UK. Including as entrepreneurs, through the Innovator Founder route, and leaders and future leaders in key fields through routes including Global Talent and High Potential Individual.

As part of our mission to promote growth, we will go further in ensuring that the very highly skilled have opportunities to come to the UK and access our targeted routes for the brightest and best global talent by increasing the number of people arriving on our very high talent routes, alongside faster routes for bringing people to the UK who have the right skills and experience to supercharge UK growth in strategic industries As part of that, increasing places to our scheme for research interns, including those working in the field of Artificial Intelligence, to allow businesses access to additional promising young talent

We are also streamlining the process for employers and skilled workers to get visas, reducing bureaucracy and supporting growth.

The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration system under regular review, in consultation with a wide range of experts and stakeholders.
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the Border Security Commander became responsible for (a) border security and (b) collection of illegal migration data. \p Dame Angela Eagle: I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave him on 14 February to Question 30693.
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Kate Osamor:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contingency measures are in place for people who are unable to access their eVisa due to (a) technical issues and (b) administrative errors. \p Seema Malhotra: We are committed to ensuring that the transition to eVisas is as smooth as possible for all status holders. The Home Office has a significant support model in place to facilitate the transition to eVisas.

Our online immigration status services are designed to be highly resilient, with rigorous testing and concurrent services to ensure that if one fails, another will take over. We consistently monitor our online services to resolve any issues as quickly as possible.

We are also taking further steps to reduce the number of circumstances where people need to provide evidence of their immigration status, by developing services to make the relevant immigration status information available automatically through system to system checks with other government departments and the NHS. This means at the point at which a person seeks to access public services such as NHS healthcare and DWP benefits, the service provider will check status directly with the Home Office, removing the need for people to prove their status themselves.

We have also put in place the systems and services to allow carriers, such as airlines, to automatically check immigration status via system-to-system checks and those systems are working well for millions of people. If for any reason the carrier does not receive confirmation of the passenger’s immigration status, they will be able to check this using the ‘view and prove' service, or the carrier can contact the 24/7 Carrier Support Hub for advice.

If people do have any issues, they can contact the UKVI Resolution Centre, which provides support via email and webchat to those creating their UKVI account, and telephone support to those using the online immigration status services. The UKVI Resolution Centre assists users who are experiencing technical issues with their online immigration status, and where necessary, enables peoples’ status to be verified through alternative means.

If someone cannot see their eVisa details after creating their UKVI account, or believes there is an error in their status information, they can report this to the Home Office via the form at Report an error with your eVisa - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk), which is available 24/7. Any reported issues with eVisa are being prioritised. Once a person has submitted the report an error with your eVisa form, they will receive an email notification when the error or issue has been resolved.

If a person needs to prove their right to work or rent while the issue is being resolved, employers can use the Employers Checking Service (ECS) and landlords can use the Landlord Checking Service (LCS).
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Kevin Hollinrake:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of additional dwellings that would be needed to provide housing for asylum seekers following the reduction in the use of hotel and hostel accommodation for that purpose; and whether her Department classifies (a) former care homes, (b) houses in multiple occupation and (c) former student communal accommodation as (i) hotel and (ii) hostel accommodation for the purposes of her target for reducing the use of such accommodation. \p Dame Angela Eagle: The Home Office continues to work with a range of stakeholders and consider a range of options to fulfil its statutory obligations, and deliver our commitment to reduce overall cost of asylum accommodation, including the use of hotels over time.
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the merits of ensuring people coming to the UK have an appropriate level of English Language skills. \p Seema Malhotra: The White Paper sets out the Government’s proposals to increase the level of language ability required.

The ability for individuals to communicate is essential to perform civic duties, and for all social connections including, crucially, with the communities in which they live and with state and other agencies such as local authorities and non- government services. Without adequate language skills, there is a risk of isolation as well as poor integration.

Analysis of the Office for National Statistics’ Longitudinal Study, which looks across generations of migrants to the UK, shows that people with better English language skills were more likely to have worked at any time, be economically active or in full-time employment at present.

Being able to speak and understand English also ensures that those coming to work here are less vulnerable to abuse and exploitation in the workplace.
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Sir John Hayes:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to open a return hub in Kosovo. \p Dame Angela Eagle: We do not provide a running commentary on discussions with our overseas partners.
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Richard Fuller:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what categories of risk are defined by her Department for assessing the removal priority of people who have had their visas revoked. \p Dame Angela Eagle: The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

As set out in legislation at section 10 of the Immigration Act 1999, all individuals who “require leave to enter or remain in the UK but do not have it” are liable to removal. This will therefore include individuals who have overstayed and those who have had visas revoked, as well as any other individual who is found to not have leave to enter or remain in the UK, such as those who have entered clandestinely or those who have used deception to secure entry to the UK. These rules are applied equally across all categories of immigration offenders.
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Bell Ribeiro-Addy:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 50209 on British Nationality: Children, what the reason was of the increase in administrative cost for child citizenship applications since 2021-22. \p Seema Malhotra: The published administrative cost of processing immigration and nationality applications reflects the full financial cost of providing the relevant service which includes direct costs, relevant local and central overheads, (e.g. accommodation, HR, Finance and IT), depreciation, cost of capital employed, and other factors that are in connection to immigration and nationality. The Home Office keeps the cost of processing applications under review and where costs associated with processing applications change, published fee tables will be updated accordingly.

The cost base that is apportioned to setting the unit cost has increased year on year. This is due to factors such as inflation.
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Claire Hanna:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 264 of the White Paper entitled Restoring Control over the Immigration System, CP 1326, published on 12 May 2025, whether her Department has undertaken an impact assessment in relation to its proposals to increase the standard qualifying period for settlement to ten years. \p Seema Malhotra: We will be consulting on the earned settlement scheme later this year and further details on the proposed scheme will be provided at that time.
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Kevin Hollinrake:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum accommodation dwellings are provided by each private contractor. \p Dame Angela Eagle: Data, published quarterly, on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation, including accommodation type, can be found within the Asy_D11 tab of our most recent statistics release. The data can also be broken down by local authority. Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK (opens in a new tab).