Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the consistency of the application of the “not conducive to the public good” threshold across different immigration decision‑making processes.

The Home Secretary has the power to exclude a person who is not a British citizen if their presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good. The Immigration Rules also provide for the refusal of Electronic Travel Authorisations, entry clearance or permission at the border if a person’s character, conduct or associations mean it is undesirable to grant them entry to the UK.

Decisions to exclude a person or refuse or cancel Electronic Travel Authorisations, permission on the grounds that their presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good are made in accordance with published policy, which can be accessed via the following links:

Exclusion from the UK – decisions and orders: caseworker guidance - GOV.UK,

Electronic Travel Authorisation Guidance,

Grounds for refusal or cancellation of entry clearance: caseworker guidance - GOV.UK.