Asked by: Chris Philp (Conservative - Croydon South)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide a schedule of charges and convictions for criminal offences against small boat migrants.
Answered by Anna Turley - Minister of State (Home Office)
A breakdown by the number of charges and convictions for all criminal offences is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Security checks are undertaken for all those arriving through illegal migration routes and law enforcement have the powers to deal with them appropriately. All asylum claimants are subject to mandatory security checks to confirm their identity and to link it to their biometric details for the purpose of immigration, security and criminality checks. These checks are critical to the delivery of a safe and secure immigration system. These system and security database checks are completed during the asylum screening process and before a decision is made.
We continually assess potential threats in the UK. The Home Office works closely with other government departments as well as relevant agencies and law enforcement.
Asked by: Chris Philp (Conservative - Croydon South)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Home Office holds data on whether small boat migrants have been charged or convicted of any criminal offence.
Answered by Anna Turley - Minister of State (Home Office)
A breakdown by the number of charges and convictions for all criminal offences is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Security checks are undertaken for all those arriving through illegal migration routes and law enforcement have the powers to deal with them appropriately. All asylum claimants are subject to mandatory security checks to confirm their identity and to link it to their biometric details for the purpose of immigration, security and criminality checks. These checks are critical to the delivery of a safe and secure immigration system. These system and security database checks are completed during the asylum screening process and before a decision is made.
We continually assess potential threats in the UK. The Home Office works closely with other government departments as well as relevant agencies and law enforcement.
Asked by: Chris Philp (Conservative - Croydon South)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on whether migrants admitted under the one in one out policy have been (a) charged and (b) convicted of any criminal offence.
Answered by Alex Norris - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
The information requested is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
All individuals seeking to come to the UK under the UK/European Applicant Transfer Scheme, part of the UK-France Agreement, undergo stringent security and criminal checks. Any who fail these will not be permitted entry to the UK. Furthermore, any individuals who then proceed to make an asylum claim in the UK are subject to robust, mandatory security checks.
Under our agreement with France, we have removed over 1000 illegal migrants from British soil, contributing to the nearly 70,000 illegal migrants who have been returned since July 2024.
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release
Asked by: Chris Philp (Conservative - Croydon South)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any migrants admitted under the one in, one out deal have been charged or convicted of a criminal offence.
Answered by Alex Norris - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
The information requested is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
All individuals seeking to come to the UK under the UK/European Applicant Transfer Scheme, part of the UK-France Agreement, undergo stringent security and criminal checks. Any who fail these will not be permitted entry to the UK. Furthermore, any individuals who then proceed to make an asylum claim in the UK are subject to robust, mandatory security checks.
Under our agreement with France, we have removed over 1000 illegal migrants from British soil, contributing to the nearly 70,000 illegal migrants who have been returned since July 2024.
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release
Asked by: Chris Philp (Conservative - Croydon South)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the various community and armed forces groups that previously used the Cameron Barracks facility will be able to resume their activities at the barracks.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The Army is preparing to move back into Cameron Barracks and look forward to welcoming back the community groups who previously shared the site. We expect the move back to have been completed by the Autumn, subject to finalising a hand back plan with the Home Office.
Asked by: Chris Philp (Conservative - Croydon South)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Cameron Barracks will be returned to the Ministry of Defence.
Answered by Alex Norris - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
Following our decision not to proceed with the consideration of Cameron Barracks, the site is in the process of being returned to the Ministry of Defence. This will be completed on or before our original agreed hand back date of October 2026.
Asked by: Chris Philp (Conservative - Croydon South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to NHS trusts of providing medical treatment to individuals granted leave to remain in the UK on Article 3 ECHR medical grounds.
Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The information is not held centrally, as once an individual is granted leave to remain, they are treated as any other patient that is entitled to free-care-at-the-point-of-access, and the National Health Service does not separately collect data for this cohort.
Asked by: Chris Philp (Conservative - Croydon South)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deportation orders against foreign national offenders have been suspended, revoked or not enforced as a result of an Article 3 ECHR medical claim in each year since 2016.
Answered by Alex Norris - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
The information that you have requested about Article 3 ECHR and deportation is not available from published statistics.
We are fully committed to making our communities safer by returning those who break our laws, which is why in the period between this government coming to power and January 2026, over 8,700 foreign national offenders (FNOs) have been returned from the UK. This is a 32% increase on the FNO returns recorded in the previous nineteen-month period ending June 2024, and we will continue to do everything we can to remove these vile criminals from our streets.
Asked by: Chris Philp (Conservative - Croydon South)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for leave to remain have been granted on Article 3 ECHR medical grounds in each year since 2016.
Answered by Alex Norris - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
The information that you have requested about Article 3 ECHR and deportation is not available from published statistics.
We are fully committed to making our communities safer by returning those who break our laws, which is why in the period between this government coming to power and January 2026, over 8,700 foreign national offenders (FNOs) have been returned from the UK. This is a 32% increase on the FNO returns recorded in the previous nineteen-month period ending June 2024, and we will continue to do everything we can to remove these vile criminals from our streets.
Asked by: Chris Philp (Conservative - Croydon South)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders were not removed from the United Kingdom in the most recent year for which data is available because of an Article 3 ECHR medical claim.
Answered by Alex Norris - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
The information that you have requested about Article 3 ECHR and deportation is not available from published statistics.
We are fully committed to making our communities safer by returning those who break our laws, which is why in the period between this government coming to power and January 2026, over 8,700 foreign national offenders (FNOs) have been returned from the UK. This is a 32% increase on the FNO returns recorded in the previous nineteen-month period ending June 2024, and we will continue to do everything we can to remove these vile criminals from our streets.