Asked by: Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour - Gower)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the number of asylum seekers in Northern Ireland.
Answered by Hilary Benn - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Immigration and asylum policy are reserved matters for the Home Office. I would encourage the Honourable Member to write to the Home Secretary on this matter.
Correspondence May. 20 2026
Committee: Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (Department: Northern Ireland Office)Correspondence May. 20 2026
Committee: Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (Department: Northern Ireland Office)Written Evidence May. 20 2026
Inquiry: Policing and security in Northern IrelandAsked by: Lord Pack (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 24 March (HL15443), what steps the Northern Ireland Office has taken in the last year to meet its legal duty to keep under review the question of when uncommenced legislation that falls within its area of responsibility should be brought into force.
Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
The Northern Ireland Office regularly reviews the commencement of its legislation.
Responsibility resides with Northern Ireland Office policy teams to monitor the status of provisions, and to advise on the most appropriate timings for when they should be brought into force.
This is underpinned by established guidance on post-legislative scrutiny.
May. 18 2026
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