Asked by: Lord Naseby (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what was their total expenditure on police and crime commissioners for financial year 2024–25 and for each of the preceding 10 financial years.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office has published accredited official statistics on police funding for England and Wales, which includes funding to Police and Crime Commissioners (PCC) for the period 2015-2026. The total funding for PCCs up to the financial year 2025-26 (including government funding and police precept) can be found below:
Financial Year | Total Nominal PCC funding (£ million) |
2015-16 | 10,927 |
2016-17 | 10,998 |
2017-18 | 11,042 |
2018-19 | 11,323 |
2019-20 | 12,166 |
2020-21* | 13,285 |
2021-22 | 13,753 |
2022-23** | 14,625 |
2023-24** | 15,435 |
2024-25** | 16,564 |
2025-26** | 17,685 |
Footnotes
*In 2020-21 the Home Office reimbursed all additional personal protective equipment (PPE) purchased between 27 February 2020 and 27 July 2020 and launched an Income Loss Recovery Scheme for forces to recover relevant lost income on expected sales, fees and charges against their 2020-21 budgets as a result of the pandemic. This support was provided in-year, in addition to the police funding settlement for 2020-21.
** Total funding in the table above includes in year funding for pay awards which would be different to what was announced at the time of the police funding settlements.
Due to changes in the structure of police funding and policing, it is difficult to make direct comparisons between current police funding figures prior to the financial year 2015-16. However, each year the Home Office produces a police grant report which is published and voted on by Parliament and contains grant funding allocations for the following year to be paid out under the Police Act 1996. A copy of the police grant report for the year 2014-15 is available online and in the House.
Asked by: Lord Naseby (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what was their total expenditure in the last financial year on the offices of the Police and Crime Commissioners.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
As the directly elected representative for policing in their area, it is for Police and Crime Commissioners to set their budget and balance it in line with their priorities, including expenditure on their offices.
The overall funding available to Police and Crime Commissioners in 2024/25 was £16.4 billion. This includes Government Grants and Council tax precept.
Asked by: Lord Naseby (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government when they last made an assessment of the success or otherwise of the role and cost to the Exchequer of the Police and Crime Commissioners in England and Wales.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
As the directly elected representative for policing in their area, Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) have an important local role acting as the voice of the public and victims in policing, holding Chief Constables to account and leading local partnerships to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour.
In her Written Ministerial Statement of 19 November 2024 (HCWS232), the Home Secretary announced her intention to present a White Paper to Parliament this year on reforms to deliver more effective and efficient policing, to rebuild public confidence and to deliver the Government's Safer Streets mission.
Asked by: Lord Naseby (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to curb the illegal use of e-scooters.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
Enforcement of road traffic law, including in relation to the illegal use of e-scooters, is an operational matter for Chief Officers who will decide how to deploy available resources, taking into account any specific local problems and demands.
The Government will continue to support the police to ensure they have the tools needed to enforce road traffic legislation, including those relating to offences involving e-scooters.
Asked by: Lord Naseby (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in the negotiations between the Department of Health and Social Care and the Home Office regarding the approximately 1,000 foreign GPs working for the NHS who are threatened with deportation because they do not meet the requirements of the skilled worker scheme.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
Deportation relates to the removal from the UK of Foreign Nationals who are serious or persistent criminal offenders. It is wrong to suggest 1,000 foreign national GPs fall within this category or to imply they have been threatened with this by the Home Office. We therefore would not be having any negotiations with the Department for Health and Social Care on this basis.
General Practitioner (GP) is a role which qualifies for the Skilled Worker Visa, in particular the Health and Care visa which makes it easier, cheaper, and quicker for health workers – including GPs - to come to the UK to work compared to other immigration routes. This route also exempts them from the need to pay the Immigration Health Surcharge.
The Home Office works with employers in the sector to ensure they can recruit under the Skilled Worker route by becoming a licensed sponsor, with tens of thousands of employers having done so, including many small and medium size businesses. Those who are licensed sponsors can recruit for any role which qualifies for the Skilled Worker Visa.
Asked by: Lord Naseby (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government why the post of director general of Border Force and Immigration Enforcement continues to be vacant.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
We are in the process of recruitment for a new joint Borders and Enforcement Director General.
In the interim we have appointed two temporary Director Generals for Border Force and Immigration Enforcement.
Asked by: Lord Naseby (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of Home Office staff based in central London were working from their office desks on 2 September.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
The Home Office is only able to provide this information for 2 Marsham St where it is recorded.
On 2 September 2020, 173 members of Home Office staff were working in 2 Marsham Street office, which is 30 % of Covid compliant occupancy.
*Note: available desks is currently 577 due to social distancing. Desk numbers for Home Office staff in 2 Marsham Street total 2072 but due to social distancing this has been reduced to 577.
Asked by: Lord Naseby (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Sri Lankan nationals sought asylum in the UK in (1) 2018, and (2) 2019, and how many were successful.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
The Home Office publishes data on asylum applications in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’ (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release). Data on the number of asylum applications from Sri Lankan nationals and the initial decision on such applications are published in the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets).
Table Asy_D01 contains information on the number of asylum applications. Table Asy_D02 contains information on initial decisions on such applications. In addition to those granted at initial decision, some will be granted following appeal. Data on the number of appeals lodged can be found in Asy_D06, and data on the outcome of such appeals in Asy_D07.
Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the ‘summary tables’ (attached). The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and resettlement. The latest data relates to the year ending March 2020.
Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’ (https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&organisations%5B%5D=home-office&order=relevance)
Asked by: Lord Naseby (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Sri Lankans (1) applied for asylum, and (2) had applications approved in each year since 2008, broken down by ethnicity.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
The Home Office publishes data on the number of applications and initial decisions, broken down by nationality, in table as_01_q (volume 1 of the asylum tables) in the quarterly Immigration Statistics publication. The latest figures, up until June 2018, are available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018
Data on ethnicity are not available.
Table 1: Asylum applications, initial decision, and grants on asylum applications from Sri Lankan nationals, 2008 to June 2018
Year | Total applications | Total initial decisions | Total grants |
2008 | 1,473 | 874 | 206 |
2009 | 1,115 | 1,251 | 190 |
2010 | 1,357 | 1,612 | 228 |
2011 | 1,756 | 1,604 | 323 |
2012 | 1,744 | 1,384 | 333 |
2013 | 1,811 | 1,287 | 262 |
2014 | 1,292 | 1,217 | 157 |
2015 | 961 | 1,537 | 179 |
2016 | 845 | 731 | 44 |
2017 | 690 | 645 | 49 |
2018 (Jan-Jun) | 261 | 302 | 22 |
1. Grants include grants of asylum, discretionary leave, humanitarian protection, and grants under family and private life rules.
2. Decisions made in a given year does not necessarily relate to the number of applications in the same year. Applications are based on the date of application and decisions are based on the date of initial decision.
3. Data include main applicants only.
4. Data for 2018 include 6 months of data only (Jan-Jun). This is the latest period that is publically available.
Asked by: Lord Naseby (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many immigration applications from Sri Lankan nationals were granted in each year from 2008, broken down by ethnicity.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
Unfortunately, the Department does not record this information in such a way as to allow us to report on the estimated number of immigration applications from Sri Lankan nationals in each year from 2008, broken down by ethnicity and this data could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.