Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many holding cells each police force in England and Wales has possession; and what the average journey time from a person's arrest to placement in a holding cell is in each constituency in England and Wales.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The Home Office does not collect data on the number of police holding cells nor on the time taken from a person’s arrest to placement in a holding cell.
Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many senior civil servants employed by her Department were based in each of the 12 NUTS1 regions of the UK on (a) 1 March 2019, (b) 1 March 2020, (c) 1 March 2021 and (d) 1 September 2021.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
The below table provides the number of Senior Civils Servant working for the Home Office as at 31 March 2019, 31 March 2020, 31 March 2021 and 30 September 2021.
GOR NUTS1 | Mar-19 | Mar-20 | Mar-21 | Sep-21 |
East Midlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
East Of England | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
London | 247 | 276 | 260 | 249 |
North East | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
North West | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 |
Scotland | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
South East | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
South West | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Wales | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
West Midlands | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Yorkshire & The Humber | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
Northern Ireland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Unspecified* | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Total | 260 | 292 | 288 | 294 |
Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil servants employed by her Department were based in each of the 12 NUTS1 UK regions on (a) 1 March 2021, (b) 1 June 2021 and (c) 1 September 2021.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
The below table provides the number of Paid Civil Servants working for the Home Office as at 30 June and 30 September.
GOR NUTS1 | Jun-21 | Sep-21 |
East Midlands (England) | 231 | 245 |
East of England | 1945 | 1906 |
London | 13280 | 13253 |
North East (England) | 1315 | 1331 |
North West (England) | 7105 | 7093 |
Scotland | 1066 | 1104 |
South East (England) | 3743 | 3866 |
South West (England) | 398 | 420 |
Wales | 636 | 643 |
West Midlands (England) | 1036 | 1086 |
Yorkshire and The Humber | 3649 | 3693 |
Northern Ireland | 533 | 547 |
Note : 31st March 2021 data is published on gov.uk at |
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2021 |
Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the enquiry from the hon. Member for High Peak of 1 September 2021, referenced RL26044.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The Minister of State for Afghan Resettlement will respond shortly.
Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the email correspondence of 7 July 2021 from the hon. Member for High Peak, regarding migrant Channel crossings, reference RL24348.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
I, as the Minister for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration, responded on 12 November 2021
Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the enquiry from the hon. Member for High Peak of 30 July 2021, reference RL25014.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
A response was sent by the Minister for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration on 20 October 2021.
Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the enquiry from the hon. Member for High Peak of 24 May 2021, referenced RL22748.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
I apologise for the delay. UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded on 10 September 2021.
Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter of 12 November 2020 from the hon. Member for High Peak, reference RL14870.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI), MP Account Management Team responded on 25 May 2021.
Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the enquiry from the hon. Member for High Peak of 5 October 2020, reference RL9115.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The UKVI MP Account Management team responded on 10 March 2021.
Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) visa applications, (b) asylum claims and (c) indefinite leave to remain applications have been accepted (i) nationally and (ii) in the High Peak constituency in the first six months of 2020.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The available data on entry clearance visa applications are published in table Vis_D01 of the Entry clearance visa detailed datasets. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets Data on decisions, including whether this was a grant or refusal, are published in table Vis_D02. All data can be broken down by nationality.
The available data on indefinite leave to remain applications are published in settlement tables https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2020/list-of-tables#settlement se_02_q and se_03.
The available information on other data on processing times are published as part of the Migration Transparency data, available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data .
The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release Data on asylum applications are published in table Asy_D01 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement of the Asylum and resettlement detailed datasets. Data on initial decisions, including whether this was a grant or refusal, are published in table Asy_D02. Data on the number of asylum applications awaiting a decision are published in table Asy_D03. All data can be broken down by nationality.
Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to the year ending September 2020. Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-statistics-data-tables-year-ending-september-2020#asylum-and-resettlement. The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and resettlement.
Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2020
The Home Office has no published data to answer part (ii) of the questions regarding the High Peak constituency. The information is not readily available nor held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost