Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether warning letters sent to her Department by asylum accommodation providers are considered during the asylum application process.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
Warning letters are provided where there has been a breach in the conditions of asylum support. They are not taken into consideration during the substantive asylum application process because they bear no relevance to the substance of the claim.
Asylum support is provided on the basis that a supported person and any dependants they have adhere to the terms and conditions attached to it. A breach of the conditions of support may also lead an early suspension or discontinuation of support depending on the severity of the breach. Full details of the conditions of support can be found in the policy guidance on gov.uk. Conditions of support: caseworker guidance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how any people (a) applied for and (b) were granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK as a bereaved partner in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021, (iii) 2022 and (iv) 2023 to date.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
Due to data quality issues, data on individuals granted indefinite leave as a bereaved partner from 2021 and later cannot currently be provided. We intend to recommence the publication of these numbers once these issues have been resolved.
In 2020, 92 people were granted of indefinite leave as a bereaved partner; 84 wives and 8 husbands. Corresponding information on applications is not available.
The Home Office publishes data on settlement grants in the Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. The available data relates to grants of indefinite leave to remain as a bereaved partner up to 2020 and are published in table Se_04 of the Settlement data tables.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to recommence the publication of the number of individuals granted indefinite leave to remain as a bereaved partner as part of its quarterly statistics releases.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
Due to data quality issues, data on individuals granted indefinite leave as a bereaved partner from 2021 and later cannot currently be provided. We intend to recommence the publication of these numbers once these issues have been resolved.
In 2020, 92 people were granted of indefinite leave as a bereaved partner; 84 wives and 8 husbands. Corresponding information on applications is not available.
The Home Office publishes data on settlement grants in the Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. The available data relates to grants of indefinite leave to remain as a bereaved partner up to 2020 and are published in table Se_04 of the Settlement data tables.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people eligible for the Bereaved Partner Concession who have been unable to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain due to the cost of the application in each of the last five years.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Home Office has not made any assessment of the number of people who are eligible for the Bereaved Partner Concession but are unable to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain due to the cost.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which public bodies have (a) statutory responsibility for safeguarding residents and (b) power to inspect safeguarding provisions in asylum accommodation hotels.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The safety and wellbeing of asylum seekers in our care is of paramount importance to the Home Office. We have an important role to play in identifying those at risk and sharing relevant information with statutory agencies so they can fulfil their legal responsibilities.
The statutory agencies responsible for safeguarding adults and children are local authorities, health care providers and the police.
The Home Office has a statutory duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children as detailed in Section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, whether she has plans to (a) revoke, (b) replace or (c) retain the Refugee or Person in Need of International Protection (Qualification) Regulations.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Refugee or Persons in Need of International Protection Regulations 2006 were revoked by Section 30 of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022. Many of the key concepts of the Refugee Convention are now defined in the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, ensuring Home Office decision-makers and the courts alike have the clarity they require to consistently apply them in the UK asylum system.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will estimate the number of individuals with section 3C leave under the Immigration Act 1971 whose (a) employment has been (i) terminated or (ii) refused and (b) benefit claim has been (i) suspended or (ii) rejected in the last year as a result of incorrect application of rules on immigration status; and what steps she is taking to reduce these numbers.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
Employers are not obliged to tell the Home Office when they terminate or refuse employment, and there are many reasons why a claim to benefits may be suspended or rejected.
Consequently, it is not possible to provide the estimates requested.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Immigration Enforcement has procedures for (a) notifying and (b) requesting permission from relevant organisations for enforcement operations (i) within and (ii) outside (A) Transport for London and (B) other rail stations.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
Enforcement Operations conducted in areas under the control of the British Transport Police (BTP) within rail stations and Transport for London (TfL) locations are completed in cooperation with the BTP and / or TfL in line with the procedures set out on Partnership Working which can be accessed at Partnership working.docx (publishing.service.gov.uk).
Enforcement operations completed in the public areas outside a rail station or Transport for London locations, which are not under the control of the BTP are completed in line with the public operational enforcement procedures without notification unless the risk assessment deems this necessary. The procedures for enforcement operations in public areas can be accessed at Enforcement visits casework guidance (publishing.service.gov.uk) and enforcement-planning-assessments-v3.0-ext__002_.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk).