Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to assess and improve the standards under which laboratory animals, including dogs, are bred and kept in extreme heat episodes.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA) provides robust protections for animals bred, supplied or used in scientific procedures. Under ASPA, licensed establishments are responsible at all times for ensuring the welfare of animals in their care, and establishments must comply with the standards set out in the Code of Practice for the care and accommodation of animals bred, supplied or used for scientific purposes, and the terms of their licences. This includes ensuring appropriate arrangements are in place during periods of extreme weather including effective monitoring, contingency planning and sufficient trained staff to maintain animal welfare and facility standards.

Standard licence conditions mandate that daily checks of animal welfare and environmental conditions are undertaken by competent and appropriately trained personnel. Any concerns identified must be assessed and acted on promptly to minimise avoidable harm or distress to animals.

The Home Office Regulator assesses compliance with ASPA through a programme of announced and unannounced audits, which inspect the health, welfare and environmental conditions of animals at licensed establishments. Where required, ASRU may request updates from establishments on environmental conditions, including temperature monitoring, to ensure that appropriate standards of animal welfare are maintained.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to Police Pension Scheme commutation factors introduced in 2026 on officers with confirmed retirement dates.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

I refer the Hon. Member to the response given to UIN 5163 on the 3rd June 2026.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with her French counterpart on steps to ensure adequate passport control staff at the Eurotunnel and Calais Port.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

There has been extensive ministerial and official level engagement between the UK government and France on ensuring border fluidity at the short straits over the summer period, including securing assurances on Police aux Frontières staffing at the juxtaposed controls.

This was raised by the Home Secretary most recently in a letter to French Minister of the Interior Laurent Nuñez on 16 July.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a postgraduate student with a valid Student Visa, who has been asked to leave the UK to apply for an Innovator Founder Visa, would have their Student Visa revoked during the assessment process for an Innovator Founder Visa.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Student visa holders do not need to leave the UK to apply for an Innovator Founder visa, provided they have completed the course they were sponsored to study or, if they are studying for a PhD full-time, they must have been studying for at least 24 months.

Applicants must also meet all relevant eligibility requirements to apply for an Innovator Founder visa (https://www.gov.uk/innovator-founder-visa/eligibility).

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of fees charged for a) standard visitors and b) an electronic travel authorisation.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Where changes to fee legislation are made, Impact Assessments are produced which identify potential impacts resulting from the changes to those fees.

The latest assessment, published alongside changes which came into effect in April 2026 and which included fees for Standard Visitors and Electronic Travel Authorisations, is available here:

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2026/44/pdfs/ukia_20260044_en.pdf

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether postgraduate students already in the UK on a Student Visa can be exempted for the requirement to apply for an Innovator Founder Visa from outside the country.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Student visa holders do not need to leave the UK to apply for an Innovator Founder visa, provided they have completed the course they were sponsored to study or, if they are studying for a PhD full-time, they must have been studying for at least 24 months.

Applicants must also meet all relevant eligibility requirements to apply for an Innovator Founder visa (https://www.gov.uk/innovator-founder-visa/eligibility).

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the financial disparity between returning British citizens paying the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) for non-UK dependents and NHS migrant workers who qualify for IHS dependent exemptions and reimbursements.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Family members joining British citizens are subject to the same Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) framework as other migrants granted time-limited immigration permission. Liability for the IHS is determined by the immigration status of the applicant, not that of their UK-based sponsor. Those who cannot afford the IHS may be eligible for a fee waiver on qualifying family and human rights routes.

The IHS is a statutory immigration charge with a different legal basis and purpose from Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions. While taxes and National Insurance support a wide range of public services and benefits, the IHS is a contribution towards NHS services available during a temporary period of immigration permission. Applications for indefinite leave to remain are exempt from the IHS.

The Health and Care Visa exemption, and the separate DHSC Health and Care reimbursement scheme, support specific health and social care workforce objectives and operate independently of the family immigration routes.

The DHSC Health and Care reimbursement scheme is available only to temporary migrants, and their dependants, who remain subject to immigration control. British citizens and those granted indefinite leave to remain are not subject to immigration control and are therefore not required to pay the IHS. Family members joining British citizens or other settled persons are not treated as having made a dependant visa application for immigration purposes.

In due course, the Government will set out a new family migration policy covering those seeking to bring family members to the UK, including British citizens, settled persons, work route migrants and refugees.

The Government keeps the IHS framework under review.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to review the application of the Immigration Health Surcharge to dependents of returning UK nationals to ensure parity of treatment with other exempt groups.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Family members joining British citizens are subject to the same Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) framework as other migrants granted time-limited immigration permission. Liability for the IHS is determined by the immigration status of the applicant, not that of their UK-based sponsor. Those who cannot afford the IHS may be eligible for a fee waiver on qualifying family and human rights routes.

The IHS is a statutory immigration charge with a different legal basis and purpose from Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions. While taxes and National Insurance support a wide range of public services and benefits, the IHS is a contribution towards NHS services available during a temporary period of immigration permission. Applications for indefinite leave to remain are exempt from the IHS.

The Health and Care Visa exemption, and the separate DHSC Health and Care reimbursement scheme, support specific health and social care workforce objectives and operate independently of the family immigration routes.

The DHSC Health and Care reimbursement scheme is available only to temporary migrants, and their dependants, who remain subject to immigration control. British citizens and those granted indefinite leave to remain are not subject to immigration control and are therefore not required to pay the IHS. Family members joining British citizens or other settled persons are not treated as having made a dependant visa application for immigration purposes.

In due course, the Government will set out a new family migration policy covering those seeking to bring family members to the UK, including British citizens, settled persons, work route migrants and refugees.

The Government keeps the IHS framework under review.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the full scope of the Maritime Capabilities Replacement Programme.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The scope of the Maritime Capabilities Replacement Programme is to deliver the procurement of a new fleet of vessels for Border Security Command Maritime, ensuring that all necessary supporting activities are identified and delivered to successfully bring this new capability into service. Further background, as previously shared with potential suppliers through the Prior Information Notice, can be found here https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010571-2024?origin=SearchResults&p=1. A new notice will be issued shortly under the new Procurement Act 2023.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long her Department usually takes to obtain good character references for British citizenship applications; what the maximum length of time taken for such a reference to be obtained is; and how many British citizenship applications are currently waiting for good character references to be obtained.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The Home Office does not routinely request character references for British citizenship applications. Where further evidence is required, applicants are normally given 14 calendar days to provide it. The information requested is not centrally held, and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the evidential basis is for requiring private hire operators to conduct right to work checks on drivers.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

From 1 October, the Government’s changes to the Right to Work Scheme will come into force. Under these, changes organisations that engage individuals to provide work or services under their company name, including operators in the taxi and private hire vehicle sector, will have a clearer, legal responsibility to prevent illegal working.

Historically, these labour market models have presented challenges for enforcement because accountability for compliance of the legal requirement to prevent illegal working has not been clearly defined and instance of illegal working have been identified. The Government published an assessment of the impact of the measures during the passage of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 as well as a response to the public consultation on implementation on GOV.UK:

Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 2025: impact assessments - GOV.UK

Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025: enactment impact assessment - GOV.UK

Extending the Right to Work Scheme - GOV.UK

Returns from the UK and enforcement activity - GOV.UK

The Department will continue to monitor the effect of the measures and publish assessments and data on illegal working and enforcement activity.

While local authority licensing checks form an important part of the existing system, reliance on these checks alone has created ambiguity as to where accountability rests if illegal working is identified, particularly where services are provided through intermediary or platform-based models. The approach being taken provides clarity and consistency, ensuring that responsibility sits with the organisation engaging the individual to provide work or services.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what policy rationale underpins classifying returning British citizens and their family members under the same Immigration Health Surcharge framework as overseas visitors without historical UK residence or tax contributions.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Family members joining British citizens are subject to the same Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) framework as other migrants granted time-limited immigration permission. Liability for the IHS is determined by the immigration status of the applicant, not that of their UK-based sponsor. Those who cannot afford the IHS may be eligible for a fee waiver on qualifying family and human rights routes.

The IHS is a statutory immigration charge with a different legal basis and purpose from Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions. While taxes and National Insurance support a wide range of public services and benefits, the IHS is a contribution towards NHS services available during a temporary period of immigration permission. Applications for indefinite leave to remain are exempt from the IHS.

The Health and Care Visa exemption, and the separate DHSC Health and Care reimbursement scheme, support specific health and social care workforce objectives and operate independently of the family immigration routes.

The DHSC Health and Care reimbursement scheme is available only to temporary migrants, and their dependants, who remain subject to immigration control. British citizens and those granted indefinite leave to remain are not subject to immigration control and are therefore not required to pay the IHS. Family members joining British citizens or other settled persons are not treated as having made a dependant visa application for immigration purposes.

In due course, the Government will set out a new family migration policy covering those seeking to bring family members to the UK, including British citizens, settled persons, work route migrants and refugees.

The Government keeps the IHS framework under review.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential financial barriers created by current Immigration Health Surcharge fees for British citizens relocating to the UK with family members.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Family members joining British citizens are subject to the same Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) framework as other migrants granted time-limited immigration permission. Liability for the IHS is determined by the immigration status of the applicant, not that of their UK-based sponsor. Those who cannot afford the IHS may be eligible for a fee waiver on qualifying family and human rights routes.

The IHS is a statutory immigration charge with a different legal basis and purpose from Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions. While taxes and National Insurance support a wide range of public services and benefits, the IHS is a contribution towards NHS services available during a temporary period of immigration permission. Applications for indefinite leave to remain are exempt from the IHS.

The Health and Care Visa exemption, and the separate DHSC Health and Care reimbursement scheme, support specific health and social care workforce objectives and operate independently of the family immigration routes.

The DHSC Health and Care reimbursement scheme is available only to temporary migrants, and their dependants, who remain subject to immigration control. British citizens and those granted indefinite leave to remain are not subject to immigration control and are therefore not required to pay the IHS. Family members joining British citizens or other settled persons are not treated as having made a dependant visa application for immigration purposes.

In due course, the Government will set out a new family migration policy covering those seeking to bring family members to the UK, including British citizens, settled persons, work route migrants and refugees.

The Government keeps the IHS framework under review.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the 60-day visa curtailment period on the retention of internationally recruited registered nurses whose employers have had their sponsor licences revoked; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a longer curtailment period to allow those nurses to obtain a new Certificate of Sponsorship.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Where issues relating to non-compliance are identified, UKVI will invoke the most relevant sanction. In the majority of cases, this involves the revocation of a Sponsor’s licence.

The 60-day cancellation period is intended to allow those who have not been complicit in the abuse to regularise their position in the UK, or make arrangements to leave.

We currently have no plans to extend this period but continue to keep it under review.

Published guidance in this matter can be found at: Employees: if your visa sponsor loses their licence - GOV.UK.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish the child impact assessment, economic impact assessment and equality impact assessment relating to the proposed earned settlement model.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The consultation for the earned settlement model, as proposed in ‘A Fairer Pathway to Settlement’, was open to the public between 20 November 2025 and 12 February 2026.

We received over 200,000 responses and are now in the process of carefully considering the feedback received. The proposals set out fundamental reform of the settlement system and it is right that we take the time needed to consider the impacts.

Once the Home Secretary has decided the final model, it will be subject to economic and equality impact assessments. These will be published in due course.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 15 April 2026 to Question 125449 on Passports: Dual Nationality, whether her Department conducted an impact assessment prior to introducing the recent passport requirement changes.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

As part of our commitment to transparent and accountable policy making, the Home Office published an initial impact assessment on the introduction of ETAs. The Full Impact Assessment can be found here: Impact Assessment - ETA (publishing.service.gov.uk).

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) reclassifying biomedical scientists as healthcare professionals, and (b) including them within the healthcare occupations paid under the NHS Agenda for Change pay rates, to support NHS workforce needs.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

In their 18 December 2025 review of the Skilled Worker salary requirements the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) considered the requirements for biomedical scientists. The Government is carefully considering the recommendations in the MAC’s salary review.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether equality, diversity and inclusion managers are included in the Skilled Worker immigration route.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Occupations skilled to RQF 6 (graduate level) are eligible for the Skilled Worker route, providing other requirements (such as sponsorship and salary) are met. These occupations include Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code 1136, “Human resource managers and directors”, which could include equality, diversity and inclusion managers.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to the Answer of 16 September 2025, to Question HL10121, on Passports: Sex, whether any changes will be made to HM Passport Office's policy in light of the Supreme Court judgement of April 2025 on biological sex.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

I refer the Hon Member to the response to PQ 12710 of 24 June 2026.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of international graduates who have remained in the UK via the Graduate Route visa since its introduction; and what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of their contribution to the economy.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The Home Office publishes data on extensions of stay as part of the Immigration System Statistics quarterly release. Data on the number of grants issued under the Graduate route since its introduction are published in table Exe_D01 of the Extensions detailed datasets. The latest data is available up to the end of June 2026.

These statistics relate to grants rather than unique individuals and, therefore, should not be interpreted as a direct count of people. However, they should provide a reasonable proxy for the number of individuals who have extended their stay in the UK under the Graduate route. The data can be broken down between main applicants and their dependants.

Migration Statistics are not currently aware of any estimates of the contribution of these individuals to the UK economy.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of international examples of regional migration schemes, including those operating in Canada and Australia, and their applicability to Scotland.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Regional migration schemes would create internal borders within the UK, which operates on a much smaller geographic scale to Canada or Australia and has fewer barriers to people relocating within it. The Migration Advisory Committee has looked at this issue many times and found the labour market needs of the different UK nations to be broadly similar.

Employment is a devolved matter and migration is only a small part of the labour market. However, our approach is to link migration policy and visa controls to skills and labour market policies, so that immigration is not used as an alternative to training or tackling workforce problems in the UK. As such, the Devolved Governments are represented in our new Labour Market Evidence Group to take account of workforce needs in different areas of the UK.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of whether the current immigration system meets Scotland’s projected workforce needs over the next ten years.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Regional migration schemes would create internal borders within the UK, which operates on a much smaller geographic scale to Canada or Australia and has fewer barriers to people relocating within it. The Migration Advisory Committee has looked at this issue many times and found the labour market needs of the different UK nations to be broadly similar.

Employment is a devolved matter and migration is only a small part of the labour market. However, our approach is to link migration policy and visa controls to skills and labour market policies, so that immigration is not used as an alternative to training or tackling workforce problems in the UK. As such, the Devolved Governments are represented in our new Labour Market Evidence Group to take account of workforce needs in different areas of the UK.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which visa categories currently have the largest number of outstanding applications.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The Home Office publishes data on its performance against its service level agreement for visas, including WIPs, which can be found at Migration transparency data - GOV.UK. The latest version is named “Visas, status and immigration data: January to March 2026”

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many companies sanctioned under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 were found to have sponsored visas in the last five years.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The information requested is not available from published statistics and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

However, sanctions are targeted and specific and do not always prevent a business from continuing to lawfully operate, nor are they necessarily relevant to the purposes for which sponsor licences exist. Continuing to hold a sponsor licence would not necessarily contravene that sanction.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of progress in reducing the number of outstanding visa and asylum applications since July 2024.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

We have maintained performance levels since July 2024 and are processing the majority of visa routes within their published customer service standards. The Home Office publishes data on its performance against its service level agreement for visas, including applications awaiting a decision, which can be found on the GOV.UK webpage: Migration transparency data - GOV.UK

All family visa and private life applications are carefully considered in line with the published family visa processing times available here: Visa processing times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK. Where applicants require their application to be expedited owing to their individual compelling and compassionate circumstances, we will consider each case on its own merit.

Applicants on certain family routes may choose to use optional priority or super priority services, where available, for an additional fee to receive a faster decision on their application. Applicants using the priority service will usually receive a decision within five working days. Further information on the priority service is available here: Get a faster decision on your visa or settlement application: Applying for a faster decision - GOV.UK

For asylum claims, at the end of June 2024 there were 118,882 people awaiting an initial decision on their asylum claim. By comparison, the latest available published data shows that at the end of March 2026 there were 48,758 people (59% fewer) awaiting an initial decision on their asylum claim. The Home Office is continuing to make good progress in reducing this number further.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has conducted an internal review into the alleged misuse of the Home Office Atlas immigration database.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The Home Office has a robust identity and access management policy that sets out how all staff should access Home Office systems, assets and data, specifically outlining how only appropriately authorised and ‘identified’ individuals should have the ability to gain entry via mechanisms such as password management, access control and account management.

We keep our security arrangements under constant review, which is why we have undertaken a programme of work to strengthen them further, with a number of additional measures being adopted to tighten controls.

It would be inappropriate to comment on the specific details of our security arrangements as to do so could undermine their effectiveness.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to WPQ17732, to provide detail on how many occasions UK Border Force have used these powers in Northern Ireland; to include (a) the number of vehicle searches (b) number of bus/coach inspections and (c) the number of maritime boardings.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

It is longstanding Home Office policy to not disclose location specific staffing information, as to do so could compromise operational effectiveness. Resources in Northern Ireland, including Inland Immigration Enforcement, form part of a wider UK-wide operational model, with deployments kept under continual review in response to intelligence, risk and operational demand. As part of the Common Travel Area (CTA) arrangements, the UK does not operate routine immigration controls on individuals arriving in the UK by air or sea from within the CTA, and no immigration checks are undertaken at the land border with Ireland. The UK does, however, operate intelligence-led operational activity on CTA routes - away from the land border.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Force Officers are permanently deployed in Northern Ireland and how many officers are dedicated to inland immigration enforcement.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

It is longstanding Home Office policy to not disclose location specific staffing information, as to do so could compromise operational effectiveness. Resources in Northern Ireland, including Inland Immigration Enforcement, form part of a wider UK-wide operational model, with deployments kept under continual review in response to intelligence, risk and operational demand. As part of the Common Travel Area (CTA) arrangements, the UK does not operate routine immigration controls on individuals arriving in the UK by air or sea from within the CTA, and no immigration checks are undertaken at the land border with Ireland. The UK does, however, operate intelligence-led operational activity on CTA routes - away from the land border.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent measures her Department has introduced to (a) detect and (b) prevent sham marriages.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The Government takes abuse of the immigration system, including sham marriages and civil partnerships, extremely seriously. Family migration must be based on a genuine and subsisting relationship, and where this is not the case the Home Office will take robust action.

The sham marriage referral and investigation scheme, introduced under the Immigration Act 2014, continues to provide a strong platform for effective action to identify, disrupt and deter sham marriages and civil partnerships before they take place. The scheme applies to couples where one or both parties could gain an immigration advantage from marriage or civil partnership, allowing the Home Office to investigate and take action where appropriate.

Part Suitability of the Immigration Rules was updated in December 2020 to introduce specific grounds for the refusal or cancellation of permission to enter/stay on the basis of involvement in a sham marriage or sham civil partnership, providing a more robust and consistent framework against which immigration applications are assessed, and reflecting the seriousness of this type of abuse.

Most recently, the Home Office has strengthened its approach to tackling sham marriages and civil partnerships by improving the coordination, detection and disruption across the system. Immigration Enforcement has established a national coordination and operational governance model to provide improved oversight of sham marriage activity, strengthen consistency of decision‑making and target resources more effectively. The Home Office continues to work closely with local registration services, UK Visas and Immigration, law enforcement partners and intelligence teams to identify sham relationships early and prevent abuse of the marriage route. This includes enhanced information‑sharing, improved referral processes and targeted investigative activity where abuse is suspected.

Where there are reasonable grounds to suspect a marriage or civil partnership is not genuine, the Home Office will investigate and take appropriate action. This may include refusal or curtailment of leave, removal or deportation from the UK, or prosecution. The Home Office also focuses on disrupting facilitators and organised criminal networks involved in arranging sham marriages, recognising the links to wider serious and organised crime.

The Government keeps its processes under continual review and remains committed to protecting the integrity of the immigration system, safeguarding vulnerable individuals and ensuring enforcement activity is proportionate, intelligence‑led and lawful.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what documentary evidence does UK Visas and Immigration normally expect to see from self-employed farmers applying for Standard Visitor Visas, where income is not received on an a regular monthly basis.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The Immigration Rules for Visitors set out that visitors must have sufficient funds to cover all reasonable costs in relation to their visit without working or accessing public funds. In assessing whether an applicant has sufficient funds, decision makers will consider the individual’s personal circumstances, including any evidence provided. There is also provision in the rules for an applicant’s travel, maintenance, and accommodation to be provided by a third party.

The Visit Caseworker Guidance provides guidance to decision makers when assessing Visitor applications. Additional guidance for applicants is also available in the Supporting Documents guidance, which sets out suggested evidence required for the different types of visits including what types of financial documents applicants can present. These guidance documents are published on gov.uk: Visit caseworker guidance (accessible) - GOV.UK and Visiting the UK: guide to supporting documents - GOV.UK.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, What assessment has been made of whether applicants employed in the agriculture sector face particular difficulties in evidencing their financial circumstances for the purposes of obtaining a Standard Visitor Visa.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The Immigration Rules for Visitors set out that visitors must have sufficient funds to cover all reasonable costs in relation to their visit without working or accessing public funds. In assessing whether an applicant has sufficient funds, decision makers will consider the individual’s personal circumstances, including any evidence provided. There is also provision in the rules for an applicant’s travel, maintenance, and accommodation to be provided by a third party.

The Visit Caseworker Guidance provides guidance to decision makers when assessing Visitor applications. Additional guidance for applicants is also available in the Supporting Documents guidance, which sets out suggested evidence required for the different types of visits including what types of financial documents applicants can present. These guidance documents are published on gov.uk: Visit caseworker guidance (accessible) - GOV.UK and Visiting the UK: guide to supporting documents - GOV.UK.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to make Palestinians in Gaza eligible for the new Named Community Sponsorship route.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Eligibility for the new Named Community Sponsorship route, including whether Palestinians in Gaza will be eligible, has not yet been finalised. Further details of the new route, including eligibility requirements, will be announced in due course.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 15 July to Question 17732 on Immigration Controls, how many illegal entrants have been detected using these powers in Northern Ireland; how many have subsequently been detained; and how many have subsequently been deported.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

It is longstanding Home Office policy to not disclose location specific staffing information, as to do so could compromise operational effectiveness. Resources in Northern Ireland, including Inland Immigration Enforcement, form part of a wider UK-wide operational model, with deployments kept under continual review in response to intelligence, risk and operational demand. As part of the Common Travel Area (CTA) arrangements, the UK does not operate routine immigration controls on individuals arriving in the UK by air or sea from within the CTA, and no immigration checks are undertaken at the land border with Ireland. The UK does, however, operate intelligence-led operational activity on CTA routes - away from the land border.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to WPQ17732, how many occasions these powers have been used within 3 miles of the land border between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

It is longstanding Home Office policy to not disclose location specific staffing information, as to do so could compromise operational effectiveness. Resources in Northern Ireland, including Inland Immigration Enforcement, form part of a wider UK-wide operational model, with deployments kept under continual review in response to intelligence, risk and operational demand. As part of the Common Travel Area (CTA) arrangements, the UK does not operate routine immigration controls on individuals arriving in the UK by air or sea from within the CTA, and no immigration checks are undertaken at the land border with Ireland. The UK does, however, operate intelligence-led operational activity on CTA routes - away from the land border.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to WPQ17732, to detail on how many occasions these powers have been exercised jointly with PSNI in Northern Ireland.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

It is longstanding Home Office policy to not disclose location specific staffing information, as to do so could compromise operational effectiveness. Resources in Northern Ireland, including Inland Immigration Enforcement, form part of a wider UK-wide operational model, with deployments kept under continual review in response to intelligence, risk and operational demand. As part of the Common Travel Area (CTA) arrangements, the UK does not operate routine immigration controls on individuals arriving in the UK by air or sea from within the CTA, and no immigration checks are undertaken at the land border with Ireland. The UK does, however, operate intelligence-led operational activity on CTA routes - away from the land border.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Skilled Worker and Health and Care visas were issued to employees of Radis Community Care between 2023–24 and 2025, and what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of compliance monitoring for employers generating high volumes of visa sponsorships in short periods.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The information requested is not currently available from published statistics.

UKVI undertakes an assessment as to whether a business has a genuine need for the volume of Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) that have been applied for by Sponsor Licence Holders. We also examine the intentions and ability of the worker when they submit an immigration application.

This means that even if a sponsor has been granted an allocation of CoS or has assigned any of these to support an Immigration Application, it does not necessarily mean that a visa is granted.

If non-compliance is identified on part of the Sponsor we will not hesitate to act and levy the most appropriate sanction based on the scale of the issue.

The published guidance relating to this can be found at: Sponsorship: guidance for employers and educators - GOV.UK

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ban the importation of child sex dolls.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

Border Force works with law enforcement partners under Operation Shiraz to identify and disrupt the importation of child-like sexual abuse dolls and related items into the United Kingdom. Seizures made under the operation are recorded for operational and intelligence purposes.

The Home Office does not publish official statistics on seizures made under Operation Shiraz and does not hold a verified annual breakdown suitable for publication. Protecting children from sexual abuse and exploitation remains a priority for this Government.

Border Force plays an important role in preventing prohibited and harmful items from entering the United Kingdom and works closely with domestic and international partners to detect, seize and investigate suspected criminal activity.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of supporting Avon and Somerset Police to install a police custody suite in the new Horsey Lane police station in Yeovil.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

Decisions regarding the police estate, including the provision and location of custody suites, are a matter for Chief Constables and directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners (or equivalents), who are best placed to determine local requirements based on operational demand, policing priorities and available resources.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2025, published in July 2026, how many dogs and non-human primates were used in dedicated pharmacokinetic studies and dedicated cardiovascular safety studies in 2025; and what steps she is taking to reduce the use of those animals in such studies, in line with the commitments set out in the Replacing Animals in Science strategy.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

The annual statistics do not separately identify dedicated pharmacokinetic studies or dedicated cardiovascular safety studies. Pharmacokinetic procedures are reported within the wider “kinetics” category, which also includes toxicokinetic and residue depletion studies. It is therefore not possible to provide the requested figures from the published statistics.

The Government’s strategy, Replacing animals in science, sets targets to use validated alternative methods to reduce the use of dogs and non-human primates in dedicated pharmacokinetic studies for human medicines by at least 35% by 2030, and in dedicated cardiovascular safety studies by at least 50% by 2030.

The Government’s strategy sets out measures to accelerate the development, validation and adoption of alternative methods, increased research investment, the establishment of a UK Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods, greater collaboration between regulators, researchers and industry, and work to support regulatory acceptance. It highlights technologies including artificial intelligence, organoids and three-dimensional cell systems as offering opportunities to reduce reliance on animals. Under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, animals may be used only where no scientifically satisfactory non-animal method is available.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of requirements for dual British nationals resident overseas to travel to the UK using British travel documentation, including the cost to families of obtaining British passports for children; what steps her Department takes to match entry and exit records where a dual national uses different passports to enter and leave the UK; and whether she has considered introducing a digital means for dual nationals to demonstrate British citizenship without holding a current British passport.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

As part of our commitment to transparent and accountable policy making, the Home Office published an initial impact assessment on the introduction of ETAs. The Full Impact Assessment can be found here: Impact Assessment - ETA (publishing.service.gov.uk). For passengers travelling to the UK, the Home Office uses information provided as part of permission-to-travel and border processes to verify a passenger's status against Home Office records. Where further verification is required, carriers can undertake additional identity and travel document checks and use established Home Office processes to confirm an individual's status. Since 26 February 2026 dual nationals have been able to use a digital certificate of entitlement, linked to their foreign passport, to prove their right to enter and live in the UK, and to show their right to work or rent if needed.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4425 on Animal Experiments: Shellfish, what recent progress her Department has made in considering whether decapod crustaceans should be regulated under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986; and when she expects that consideration to conclude.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Government has not decided whether to extend the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 to decapod crustaceans. The Home Office is continuing a phased, evidence-based programme of work to improve protections for decapods used in science and inform and inform any future decision on regulation.

This includes developing baseline welfare standards, voluntary reporting arrangements and identifying evidence, guidance and technical gaps. The Home Office is establishing an expert working group to support this work and is developing a roadmap setting out the key stages towards considering the potential future inclusion of decapods as protected animals under the Act.

Any decision to bring forward legislation will be informed by the evidence and advice produced. It would therefore be premature to set a date for the conclusion of that consideration. The Government will provide further updates as the work progresses through appropriate forums.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to extend the protections provided by the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 to decapod crustaceans.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Government has not decided whether to extend the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 to decapod crustaceans. The Home Office is continuing a phased, evidence-based programme of work to improve protections for decapods used in science and inform and inform any future decision on regulation.

This includes developing baseline welfare standards, voluntary reporting arrangements and identifying evidence, guidance and technical gaps. The Home Office is establishing an expert working group to support this work and is developing a roadmap setting out the key stages towards considering the potential future inclusion of decapods as protected animals under the Act.

Any decision to bring forward legislation will be informed by the evidence and advice produced. It would therefore be premature to set a date for the conclusion of that consideration. The Government will provide further updates as the work progresses through appropriate forums.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been notified since January 2026 that their pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme was granted in error; and how many of these notifications led to status being revoked.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

A person’s EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) status will only be considered to have been granted in error where they were granted that status in circumstances where the information or evidence shows that they did not meet the relevant requirements for it under Appendix EU to the Immigration Rules. This has not changed since the EUSS opened, and every case must be considered based on individual circumstances and the evidence provided. Guidance to caseworkers is set out on pages 102-4 and 124-5 of the published caseworker guidance: EU Settlement Scheme EU, other EEA, Swiss citizens and family members.

Where pre-settled status is identified as having been granted in error it is not revoked but is instead allowed to expire. This means that a person’s rights to work, rent property and access banking services continue for the duration of their grant of pre-settled status.

A person informed by the Home Office that they have been granted pre-settled status in error can re-apply to the EUSS if they disagree and, if refused, they can appeal that decision. Where that further application is made before their pre-settled status expires, they will retain that status, and the associated rights, pending the outcome of their appeal. Local management information indicates that from 1 January to 30 June 2026 373 individuals have been notified that their pre-settled status was granted in error. These figures are derived from manual records and may be subject to revision.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has evaluated the potential impact of granting Immigration Health Surcharge dependent exemptions based on occupational status while withholding equivalent relief from returning British citizens and their dependants.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Family members joining British citizens are subject to the same Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) framework as other migrants granted time-limited immigration permission. Liability for the IHS is determined by the immigration status of the applicant, not that of their UK-based sponsor. British citizens and those granted indefinite leave to remain are not subject to immigration control and are therefore not required to pay the IHS.

Family members joining British citizens or other settled persons apply in their own right under the family immigration routes and are not treated as having made a dependant visa application for immigration purposes. Where an individual qualifies for an occupational exemption (Health and Care Visa) in their own right, they may apply on that route and they and their dependants can benefit from the associated visa arrangements, including exemption from the IHS.

The Government keeps the IHS framework under review. In due course, the Government will set out a new family migration policy covering those seeking to bring family members to the UK, including British citizens, settled persons, work route migrants and refugees.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of extending the qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain on NHS workforce planning and the retention of internationally educated nurses.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The consultation for the earned settlement model, as proposed in ‘A Fairer Pathway to Settlement’, was open to the public between 20 November 2025 and 12 February 2026.

The consultation sought views on whether there should be transitional arrangements for those already on a pathway to settlement. We received over 200,000 responses and are now analysing the results of this to inform the development of the final model. As no final decisions have been made, I can give no further detail at this time.

Once the Home Secretary has decided the final model, it will be subject to economic and equality impact assessments. These will be published in due course.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support was provided by the Office for Investment in obtaining visas for specialist foreign workers at companies based in the Huntingdon constituency.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The information requested is not available from published information however, the Home Office is working closely with the Office for Investment and other economic bodies to ensure that individuals who contribute to the growth agenda are supported through their visa journey.

The allocation of certificates of sponsorship (CoS) are considered against the genuineness of their business need which determines how many they receive. Sponsors can find guidance concerning allocations of CoS at: UK visa sponsorship for employers: Certificates of sponsorship - GOV.UK.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is an annual allocation of visas to be distributed by firms who require specialist foreign workers.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The information requested is not available from published information however, the Home Office is working closely with the Office for Investment and other economic bodies to ensure that individuals who contribute to the growth agenda are supported through their visa journey.

The allocation of certificates of sponsorship (CoS) are considered against the genuineness of their business need which determines how many they receive. Sponsors can find guidance concerning allocations of CoS at: UK visa sponsorship for employers: Certificates of sponsorship - GOV.UK.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to assess the prevalence of chemical submission offences in England and Wales.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

To improve understanding of the prevalence and motivations behind these offences, spiking has been added to the Annual Data Requirement, through which the Home Office collects police data from forces in England and Wales. Returns will be analysed using the National Data Quality Improvement Service to provide more robust and insightful data on the subject.

The Home Office has also commissioned the University of Birmingham to research the motivations of spiking perpetrators, providing important first-hand insights into the range of factors that drive this offending.

This is in addition to a range of other work the Government is undertaking to combat all forms of spiking, including the introduction of new legislation as part of the Crime and Policing Act 2026.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of hours spent (a) responding to and (b) preparing for Westminster Hall Debates by (i) government ministers, (ii) civil servants and (iii) special advisers in her Department for each parliamentary session for which the information is available.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

It is not possible to provide an estimate for hours spent preparing Ministers to respond to Westminster Hall Debates. There will be differences in the Civil Service, Special Adviser and Ministerial time depending on the policy matter and length of the debate. Debates can also be cross-cutting and require resources from multiple departments or engage departmental bodies

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether people who have had pre-settled status revoked as granted in error retain their right to (a) work, (b) rent property and (c) access banking services while any appeal is ongoing.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

A person’s EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) status will only be considered to have been granted in error where they were granted that status in circumstances where the information or evidence shows that they did not meet the relevant requirements for it under Appendix EU to the Immigration Rules. This has not changed since the EUSS opened, and every case must be considered based on individual circumstances and the evidence provided. Guidance to caseworkers is set out on pages 102-4 and 124-5 of the published caseworker guidance: EU Settlement Scheme EU, other EEA, Swiss citizens and family members.

Where pre-settled status is identified as having been granted in error it is not revoked but is instead allowed to expire. This means that a person’s rights to work, rent property and access banking services continue for the duration of their grant of pre-settled status.

A person informed by the Home Office that they have been granted pre-settled status in error can re-apply to the EUSS if they disagree and, if refused, they can appeal that decision. Where that further application is made before their pre-settled status expires, they will retain that status, and the associated rights, pending the outcome of their appeal. Local management information indicates that from 1 January to 30 June 2026 373 individuals have been notified that their pre-settled status was granted in error. These figures are derived from manual records and may be subject to revision.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria caseworkers use to determine that pre-settled status was granted in error, and whether this guidance has changed since the EU Settlement Scheme opened.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

A person’s EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) status will only be considered to have been granted in error where they were granted that status in circumstances where the information or evidence shows that they did not meet the relevant requirements for it under Appendix EU to the Immigration Rules. This has not changed since the EUSS opened, and every case must be considered based on individual circumstances and the evidence provided. Guidance to caseworkers is set out on pages 102-4 and 124-5 of the published caseworker guidance: EU Settlement Scheme EU, other EEA, Swiss citizens and family members.

Where pre-settled status is identified as having been granted in error it is not revoked but is instead allowed to expire. This means that a person’s rights to work, rent property and access banking services continue for the duration of their grant of pre-settled status.

A person informed by the Home Office that they have been granted pre-settled status in error can re-apply to the EUSS if they disagree and, if refused, they can appeal that decision. Where that further application is made before their pre-settled status expires, they will retain that status, and the associated rights, pending the outcome of their appeal. Local management information indicates that from 1 January to 30 June 2026 373 individuals have been notified that their pre-settled status was granted in error. These figures are derived from manual records and may be subject to revision.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2026 to Question 12892, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on cost, customer convenience and test security of remote delivery models for the Life in the UK test and the Home Office English Language Test.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

As part of any procurement exercise, the Home Office considers a range of factors as options are developed, including customer experience, accessibility, value for money, service integrity and security considerations for all its services. The Department also draws on a range of specialist expertise from across government, including cyber security, digital and commercial specialists as well as engagement with the market to inform its approach.

We are currently exploring how we can improve and refine Life in the UK Testing which has undergone Market Engagement and assessment already to determine the best options to enhance the service as a whole. The Home Office Language Test (HOELT) is currently in live procurement. The new service will deliver a modernised, consistent experience for customers with improved accessibility. Enhanced security measures will provide stronger protections against fraud, and a regulated fee will ensure better value for money for applicants and the taxpayer.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to confiscate the passports of suspects accused of serious crimes to prevent them fleeing the United Kingdom.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The Secretary of State for the Home Department issues passports in accordance with the Royal Prerogative. The circumstances in which passports can be issued, refused and withdraw were set out in a Written Ministerial Statement published in 2013.

Under this Written Ministerial Statement, the Home Secretary may consider the refusal or withdrawal of a passport for those who:

• have been issued with an arrest warrant in the United Kingdom
• are wanted by United Kingdom police on suspicion of a serious crime
• are the subject of a court order, made by a court in the United Kingdom, or any other order made pursuant to a statutory power, which imposes travel restrictions or restrictions on the possession of a valid United Kingdom passport; or
• are subject to bail conditions imposed by a police officer or a court in the United Kingdom, which include travel restrictions or restrictions on the possession of a valid United Kingdom passport.

The Government keeps its powers in this are under review.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of restrictions on employment for skilled workers who have submitted an application to remain in the UK on their application following the loss or revocation of their sponsor's licence.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Those holding skilled worker visas who have had their leave cancelled following their sponsor’s licence revocation have 60 days to find an alternative means to remain in the UK. This can be within the Skilled Worker route or via another route for which they are eligible.

If they are employed in a role that is no longer permissible for new entrants, they will still benefit from transitional arrangements if they should they apply for a Skilled Worker role, prior to their leave expiring. This means that the restrictions are limited to the period of time they have to regularise their stay.

Published guidance on this matter can be found at: Employees: if your visa sponsor loses their licence - GOV.UK.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2026 to Question 12892, what criteria her Department will use to determine whether alternative delivery models for the Life in the UK test are sufficiently secure; and whether the same criteria have been applied to the Home Office English Language Test.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Any Home Office delivery model must meet appropriate integrity requirements and principles, including data security, cyber security, accessibility, and fraud risk and prevention, to ensure compliance with Home Office policy and to ensure that the service delivers the fundamental principles underpinning our immigration policies and visa journey. This applies to all Home Office delivery models, including the Home Office English Language Test and Life in the UK Test.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology's press release entitled New law to tackle AI child abuse images at source as reports more than double, published on 12 November 2025, when she plans to provide designated bodies powers to test AI models.

Answered by Satvir Kaur - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The Government is committed to tackling child sexual abuse and protecting the public from harms posed by emerging technologies. Through implementing the provisions set out in the Crime and Policing Act 2026 the Government will enable organisations authorised by the Home Secretary to test AI models for child sexual abuse material, non-consensual intimate imagery and extreme pornography.

As this is the first regime of its kind and given the highly sensitive nature of the material that may be generated during testing the defence will only be granted once the necessary safeguards and operational arrangements are in place.

My department is working closely with industry and the third sector to establish a robust regime which we plan to launch as soon as it is safe and practical to do so, subject to Parliamentary scheduling.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of ending the temporary visa concession for overseas sheep shearers on the UK agricultural sector; and if she will reconsider allowing experienced overseas sheep shearers, including those from New Zealand, to enter the UK on short-term seasonal work visas.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Concessionary arrangements are exceptional, temporary and subject to regular Ministerial review. The sheep shearing concession operated for 16 seasons from 2011 until 2026 and closed for a final time on 30 June this year. During this time, the sector has worked to develop skills and training within the domestic workforce with over 4,000 people trained as a shearer since 2021.

This year only 16 overseas shearers used the concession. The Home Office does not create bespoke immigration routes for a single profession, and it is not practical nor cost-effective to create a dedicated route for such a small number of workers. It is reasonable to expect that continued training efforts will allow the domestic labour supply to cover the workforce required for future shearing seasons.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps Border Force is taking to prevent illegal bladed weapons from entering the UK.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Border Force uses advance data and intelligence to risk assess movements crossing the UK Border; this includes targeting the illegal importation of offensive weapons to prevent their delivery to a UK recipient. Border Force work closely with partners agencies to protect our borders and keep the public safe from harmful weapons.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK passports Reform Party member, George Cottrell, holds and in what name or names.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The information requested would be personal data. If any information was held, it could not be released without a lawful basis to do so.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration is given by Entry Clearance Officers to evidence of family responsibilities, including spouses and dependent children remaining overseas, when assessing whether an applicant intends to leave the United Kingdom at the end of a visit.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The Visit caseworker guidance provides guidance to decision makers when assessing Visitor applications. It sets out that all information provided by the applicant must be assessed - Visit caseworker guidance (accessible) - GOV.UK.

Visitor visa applications are assessed on their individual merits, considering all aspects of the case, against the balance of probabilities to determine if the application meets the requirements of the Visitor Immigration Rules - Immigration Rules - Immigration Rules Appendix V: Visitor - Guidance - GOV.UK.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support Border Force officers at regional airports.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Border Force recognises the important role played by every officer in the organisation, including at regional airports. Border Force is committed to ensuring they have the resources, training and wellbeing support needed to carry out their duties effectively. Border Force colleagues have access to a range of wellbeing and mental health support, including 24/7 peer support, access to Police Treatment Centres, dedicated wellbeing programmes and the Home Office Employee Assistance Programme.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many air passengers have been arrested for importing cannabis into the UK in each year since 2020 by (a) age, (b) sex, (c) nationality and (d) country of departure.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

Border Force has seized record amounts of drugs in recent years, including record quantities of cannabis. Information on Border Force drug seizures is published through the Government's drug seizure statistics and migration transparency data. Publicly available data show that Border Force seized approximately 205,022 kilograms of cannabis between January 2020 and March 2026. .https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/seizures-of-drugs-in-england-and-wales-financial-year-ending-2025/seizures-of-drugs-in-england-and-wales-financial-year-ending-2025

The Home Office does not hold verified statistics suitable for publication on the number of air passengers arrested for importing cannabis into the United Kingdom, broken down by age, sex, nationality or country of departure.

The Home Office also does not hold verified annual statistics suitable for publication on the quantity of cannabis seized specifically from air passengers in the format requested.

Border Force works relentlessly to prevent illicit drugs from entering the United Kingdom and continues to work closely with law enforcement, health services and international partners to disrupt criminal supply chains. The Government remains committed to tackling drug-related harm, including through prevention and enforcement.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/migration-transparency-datahttps://www.gov.uk/government/collections/seizures-of-drugs-in-england-and-wales

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many tonnes of cannabis were seized from air passengers in each year since 2020.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

Border Force has seized record amounts of drugs in recent years, including record quantities of cannabis. Information on Border Force drug seizures is published through the Government's drug seizure statistics and migration transparency data. Publicly available data show that Border Force seized approximately 205,022 kilograms of cannabis between January 2020 and March 2026. .https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/seizures-of-drugs-in-england-and-wales-financial-year-ending-2025/seizures-of-drugs-in-england-and-wales-financial-year-ending-2025

The Home Office does not hold verified statistics suitable for publication on the number of air passengers arrested for importing cannabis into the United Kingdom, broken down by age, sex, nationality or country of departure.

The Home Office also does not hold verified annual statistics suitable for publication on the quantity of cannabis seized specifically from air passengers in the format requested.

Border Force works relentlessly to prevent illicit drugs from entering the United Kingdom and continues to work closely with law enforcement, health services and international partners to disrupt criminal supply chains. The Government remains committed to tackling drug-related harm, including through prevention and enforcement.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/migration-transparency-datahttps://www.gov.uk/government/collections/seizures-of-drugs-in-england-and-wales

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research, monitoring and data collection her Department undertakes to assess the prevalence of chemical submission offences in England and Wales.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

To improve understanding of the prevalence and motivations behind these offences, spiking has been added to the Annual Data Requirement, through which the Home Office collects police data from forces in England and Wales. Returns will be analysed using the National Data Quality Improvement Service to provide more robust and insightful data on the subject.

The Home Office has also commissioned the University of Birmingham to research the motivations of spiking perpetrators, providing important first-hand insights into the range of factors that drive this offending.

This is in addition to a range of other work the Government is undertaking to combat all forms of spiking, including the introduction of new legislation as part of the Crime and Policing Act 2026.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what independent assurance her Department has sought from Ofqual, the National Cyber Security Centre or other relevant expert bodies on identity verification, remote proctoring and AI-enabled cheating risks in the Home Office English Language Test.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The Home Office English Language Testing procurement places security and integrity at the heart of the digital-by-default solution. The programme has engaged with the National Cyber Security Centre and the HOELT security schedule is aligned to the National Cyber Security Centre's Cyber Assessment Framework. Bidders are required to demonstrate compliance with data security, cyber security, fraud prevention and accessibility standards before contract award. In addition, the Home Office are committed to working with Ofqual through to mobilisation to protect the integrity of these high-stakes tests, and it is anticipated that the successful bidder will either hold, or apply for, Ofqual recognition.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests were made for offences related to covert filming in each of the last five years broken down by police force area.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

Information on the number of arrests for offences related to covert filming is not held centrally.

The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests for notifiable offences in England and Wales, by offence group and Police Force Area, as part of the ‘Police Powers and Procedures’ statistical series: Police powers and procedures England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK

However, it is unknown how many of these arrests involved offences related to covert filming.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Accredited official statistics, Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2025, updated on 27 August 2026, Figure 5: Number of experimental procedures involving specially protected species 2025 to 2025, how many of the 1,706 dogs being used in scientific procedures for the first time were bred at MBR Acres in Huntingdon constituency.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

Under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, licensed establishments are required to maintain records of the source, use and final disposal of protected animals bred, kept or used at the establishment for regulated activities. These records must be made available to Home Office Inspectors on request.

The Home Office does not centrally collect information identifying the specific establishment or other place at which dogs used in scientific procedures were born, nor does it collect information on all animal deaths during or following experimental procedures.

However, the published statistics record 46 non-recovery procedures involving dogs in 2025. A non-recovery procedure is one carried out under general anaesthesia from which the animal does not recover consciousness. This figure does not represent all deaths that may have occurred as a direct result of regulated procedures.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Accredited official statistics, Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2025, updated on 27 August 2026, Figure 5: Number of experimental procedures involving specially protected species 2025 to 2025, how many of the 1,706 dogs used in scientific procedures for the first time died a) during and b) following completion of the procedures.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

Under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, licensed establishments are required to maintain records of the source, use and final disposal of protected animals bred, kept or used at the establishment for regulated activities. These records must be made available to Home Office Inspectors on request.

The Home Office does not centrally collect information identifying the specific establishment or other place at which dogs used in scientific procedures were born, nor does it collect information on all animal deaths during or following experimental procedures.

However, the published statistics record 46 non-recovery procedures involving dogs in 2025. A non-recovery procedure is one carried out under general anaesthesia from which the animal does not recover consciousness. This figure does not represent all deaths that may have occurred as a direct result of regulated procedures.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Accredited official statistics, Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2025, updated on 27 August 2026, Figure 5: Number of experimental procedures involving specially protected species 2025 to 2025, how many of the 17,317 animals died as a direct result of the procedures.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

The requested figure is not available from the published statistics. The 17,317 figure relates to procedures involving specially protected species, rather than to the number of individual animals.

Of those procedures, 77 were classified as non-recovery. A non-recovery procedure is carried out entirely under general anaesthesia from which the animal does not regain consciousness. This does not represent all animals that may have died as a direct result of a regulated procedure, because the published data do not separately identify all such deaths.

Under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, licensed establishments are required to maintain records of the source, use and final disposal of protected animals bred, kept or used at the establishment for regulated activities. These records must be made available to Home Office Inspectors on request.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many customs examinations of (a) passengers and (b) accompanied baggage were conducted by Border Force at airports in each year from 2020 to 2026.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office does not publish and does not routinely collect statistics on the number of customs examinations of passengers and accompanied baggage undertaken by Border Force.

Border Force conducts thousands of customs interventions and examinations each year using a threat and intelligence-led approach. The Department does not routinely record or collate statistics on individual examinations, as this information is not required for operational or performance management purposes.

Border Force remains focused on identifying and stopping illicit goods and those seeking to circumvent customs controls.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal bladed weapons Border Force has seized at UK ports of entry in each of the last three years.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

Border Force uses advance data and intelligence to risk assess movements crossing the UK Border; this includes targeting the illegal importation of offensive weapons to prevent their delivery to a UK recipient. Border Force works with other agencies tirelessly to protect our borders and keep the public safe from harmful or illegal bladed weapons.

Knife seizures are in transparency Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (Knives includes items such as Butterfly Knives, Disguised Knives, Stealth Knives)

2023 Q1: 700

2023 Q2: 742

2023 Q3: 1234

2023 Q4: 1276

2024 Q1: 618

2024 Q2: 890

2024 Q3: 1350

2024 Q4: 389

2025 Q1: 845

2025 Q2: 780

2025 Q3: 958

2025 Q4: 334

2026 Q1: 1162

2026 Q2: 1567

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders who volunteered under the Early Return Scheme have been removed for the UK since 1 April 2024.

Answered by Anna Turley - Minister of State (Home Office)

The information you have requested on the longest time period to return a foreign national offender (FNO) under the Early Removal Scheme (ERS) since 1 April 2024 is not available from published statistics.

The Home Office does publish data on FNOs removed under ERS in the ad-hoc transparency release, which can be found here: Returns from the UK between 1 July 2024 and 31 July 2026 - GOV.UK

FNOs are referred to the Home Office for deportation immediately following sentencing. Time spent on remand means many prisoners will reach their ERS window immediately or very soon after they are sentenced. It is therefore not always possible for the Home Office to carry out all the case working and administrative processes as soon as an FNO becomes eligible for removal under ERS, even when they wish to return voluntarily.

The Home Office has worked closely with HM Prisons and Probation (HMPPS) to ensure the ERS runs as efficiently as possible and in the last year (ending July 2026) delivered a record number of ERS returns, 3,141 which is a 20% increase compared to the same period 12 months prior.

We are committed to delivering justice for victims and safer streets for our communities. Foreign nationals who commit crime should be in no doubt that the law will be enforced and, where appropriate, we will pursue their deportation.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the her Department has taken to establish whether individuals convicted of serious people-smuggling offences overseas are present in the UK; and whether these individuals will be prevented from obtaining immigration status or protection in the UK.

Answered by Anna Turley - Minister of State (Home Office)

We take the issue of preventing foreign criminals entering the UK extremely seriously, and we continue to strengthen our borders so that we can prevent crime and protect the public, delivering on this Government’s commitment to tackle foreign criminality.

All applications for a visa or Electronic Travel Authorisation are checked against a range of police, security and immigration databases for details of any UK or overseas criminal record. All applicants are required to provide details of their criminal history. Where it is found that they failed to declare relevant offences/convictions, their application will be refused, and they will be subject to a ten-year ban from applying to enter the UK.

Anyone convicted of a particularly serious crime who is considered a danger to the UK will be excluded from protection and considered for removal from the UK.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests were made for offences related to covert filming by smart glasses over the last 12 months.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

Information on the number of arrests for offences related to covert filming is not held centrally.

The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests for notifiable offences in England and Wales, by offence group and Police Force Area, as part of the ‘Police Powers and Procedures’ statistical series: Police powers and procedures England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK

However, it is unknown how many of these arrests involved offences related to covert filming.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of findings from high-stakes test providers that have removed or restricted remote testing on security and integrity grounds.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office continues to monitor evidence from national and international comparators, and from other government contexts where digital identity and remote service delivery have been considered or in use. Any departmental delivery model must meet appropriate integrity requirements and principles including data security, cyber security, accessibility, fraud risk and prevention to ensure compliance with Home Office Policy and ensure that the service delivers the fundamental principles underpinning our Immigration policies and our visa journey.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Accredited official statistics, Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2025, updated on 27 August 2026, Table 2.1, what the place of birth was of the 8 Beagles born in the UK in 2025 not at a licensed establishment used for the first time in experimental procedures.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 requires licensed establishments to maintain records of the source, use and final disposal of protected animals bred, kept or used at the establishment for regulated activities. These records must be available for Home Office Inspectors upon request.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Accredited official statistics, Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain 2025, updated on 27 August 2026, Table 2.1, what the place of birth was of the 1,632 Beagles born in the UK in 2025 at a licensed establishment used for the first time in experimental procedures.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 requires licensed establishments to maintain records of the source, use and final disposal of protected animals bred, kept or used at the establishment for regulated activities. These records must be available for Home Office Inspectors upon request.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the longest time period to return a foreign national offender who volunteered under the Early Return Scheme since 1 April 2024.

Answered by Anna Turley - Minister of State (Home Office)

The information you have requested on the longest time period to return a foreign national offender (FNO) under the Early Removal Scheme (ERS) since 1 April 2024 is not available from published statistics.

The Home Office does publish data on FNOs removed under ERS in the ad-hoc transparency release, which can be found here: Returns from the UK between 1 July 2024 and 31 July 2026 - GOV.UK

FNOs are referred to the Home Office for deportation immediately following sentencing. Time spent on remand means many prisoners will reach their ERS window immediately or very soon after they are sentenced. It is therefore not always possible for the Home Office to carry out all the case working and administrative processes as soon as an FNO becomes eligible for removal under ERS, even when they wish to return voluntarily.

The Home Office has worked closely with HM Prisons and Probation (HMPPS) to ensure the ERS runs as efficiently as possible and in the last year (ending July 2026) delivered a record number of ERS returns, 3,141 which is a 20% increase compared to the same period 12 months prior.

We are committed to delivering justice for victims and safer streets for our communities. Foreign nationals who commit crime should be in no doubt that the law will be enforced and, where appropriate, we will pursue their deportation.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what experts her Department is engaging on alternative delivery models for the Life in the UK test; and whether those experts have been asked to advise on the security risks of fully remote English language testing for immigration purposes.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The Home Office draws on a range of specialist expertise from across government, including cyber security, digital and commercial specialists, when considering alternative delivery models. This expertise is directly engaged to advise on and assess security risks, including those relating to remote testing models, as part of the Department's approach to designing secure and effective delivery models.

Any Home Office delivery model must meet appropriate integrity requirements and principles, including data security, cyber security, accessibility, and fraud risk and prevention, to ensure compliance with Home Office policy and to ensure that the service delivers the fundamental principles underpinning our immigration policies and visa journey.

The Home Office routinely embeds continuous improvement and collaboration within its procurements, contracts and live services to ensure it can respond effectively to evolving threats and fraudsters. Both Home Office English Language Testing and Life in the UK Testing will continue departmental collaboration to assess and mitigate security risks.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the security risk assessment for the decision to make the Home Office English Language Test fully remote by default, including the assessment of impersonation, collusion, hidden devices and AI assistance risks.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Home Office English Language Testing is currently in live procurement. It would not be appropriate to publish security risk assessments relating to the procurement, as the Department's assessment of risks and vulnerabilities associated with different testing models could inform the commercial positioning of bidders.

The Department will continue to iterate secure by design artefacts, including risk and threat assessments, which will be further developed as a preferred supplier is identified, all the way through to the service going live.

In addition, the Home Office does not routinely publish security risk assessments of services within immigration application routes, in order to protect its ability to assess and respond to the threat posed by fraudsters.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Border Force presence in customs halls in airports.

Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Border Force continually assesses its deployment of officers across the border to ensure resources are aligned to operational demands, intelligence and border security outcomes. Border Force operates a flexible resourcing model, enabling officers to be deployed dynamically in response to passenger volumes, customs risks and wider security requirements. This ensures an appropriate Border Force presence is maintained in customs halls at airports across the United Kingdom. The Government remains committed to maintaining a secure and effective border. Border Force continues to use a combination of officer deployment, intelligence-led activity, technology and close working with law enforcement partners to identify and disrupt illicit activity at the border.

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Question

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department are taking to help ensure members of the LGBTQ community in Heywood and Middleton North constituency feel represented.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

It is crucial that LGBT+ people in all areas of Britain are safe, included and protected from discrimination. To achieve this we must end the recent politics of division. Work is continuing to progress the commitments set out in the Government’s manifesto, advancing the rights and protections afforded to LGBT+ people.

These include:

• delivering a full trans-inclusive ban on conversion practices, and having published our draft Bill for pre-legislative scrutiny. The Government will ensure its approach provides protection from these abusive practices while preserving the freedom for people to explore their sexual orientation and gender identity, and also respecting the important roles of those supporting them.
• Continuing to work with the Home Office to deliver our commitment to equalise all existing strands of hate crime to make them aggravated offences.
• working with the Department of Health and Social Care to improve services for LGBT+ people. This includes implementing the recommendations of the Cass Review and reviewing adult gender identity services to ensure that all trans people receive appropriate and high-quality care.
• continuing our work with our international and European allies to advance LGBT+ rights and reinforce our position as a global leader on Human Rights once again.

We work alongside a range of stakeholders, including those based in the North West such as the LGBT Foundation and the Proud Trust. It is very important to this Government that local voices are heard and included in national policy development.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many prosecutions related to school attendance offences were brought in England in each year, over the last three academic years.

Answered by Paul Waugh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) publishes statistics on prosecutions, convictions and sentencing results at criminal courts in England for offences relating to school attendance. This data is available through the Outcomes by Offence data tool which shows how many people have been prosecuted each year and the All Offences data tool which shows how many cases have been prosecuted each year. To see data for school attendance offences select Home Office Offence codes 11203 and 11204, and to calculate the number per academic year select monthly breakdowns.

The Outcomes by Offence data tool and All Offences data tool can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly-march-2026.

The MoJ does not publish a breakdown of prosecutions, convictions and sentencing results for Cornwall. However, users can extract monthly figures for the Devon and Cornwall Police Force Area.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many prosecutions related to school attendance offences were brought in Cornwall in each year, over the last three academic years.

Answered by Paul Waugh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) publishes statistics on prosecutions, convictions and sentencing results at criminal courts in England for offences relating to school attendance. This data is available through the Outcomes by Offence data tool which shows how many people have been prosecuted each year and the All Offences data tool which shows how many cases have been prosecuted each year. To see data for school attendance offences select Home Office Offence codes 11203 and 11204, and to calculate the number per academic year select monthly breakdowns.

The Outcomes by Offence data tool and All Offences data tool can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly-march-2026.

The MoJ does not publish a breakdown of prosecutions, convictions and sentencing results for Cornwall. However, users can extract monthly figures for the Devon and Cornwall Police Force Area.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many prosecutions for school attendance offences in England in each of the last three academic years resulted in (a) a conviction, (b) a withdrawal, and (c) an unsuccessful outcome.

Answered by Paul Waugh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The Ministry of Justice publishes statistics on prosecutions, convictions and sentencing results at criminal courts in England for offences relating to school attendance.

The Outcomes by Offence data tool shows how many people have been prosecuted and convicted each year, and how many have had their cases withdrawn or received an unsuccessful outcome. The All Offences data tool shows how many cases have been prosecuted and convicted each year. To find school attendance offences, users should select Home Office offence codes 11203 and 11204. Monthly breakdowns can be used to calculate figures for each academic year.

The data does not provide figures specifically for Cornwall. However, users can extract monthly figures for the Devon and Cornwall Police Force Area. This area covers a wider geographical area than Cornwall and cannot be used to provide a Cornwall-only figure.

The Outcomes by Offence data tool and All Offences data tool are available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly-march-2026.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many prosecutions for school attendance offences in Cornwall in each of the last three academic years resulted in (a) a conviction, (b) a withdrawal, and (c) an unsuccessful outcome.

Answered by Paul Waugh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The Ministry of Justice publishes statistics on prosecutions, convictions and sentencing results at criminal courts in England for offences relating to school attendance.

The Outcomes by Offence data tool shows how many people have been prosecuted and convicted each year, and how many have had their cases withdrawn or received an unsuccessful outcome. The All Offences data tool shows how many cases have been prosecuted and convicted each year. To find school attendance offences, users should select Home Office offence codes 11203 and 11204. Monthly breakdowns can be used to calculate figures for each academic year.

The data does not provide figures specifically for Cornwall. However, users can extract monthly figures for the Devon and Cornwall Police Force Area. This area covers a wider geographical area than Cornwall and cannot be used to provide a Cornwall-only figure.

The Outcomes by Offence data tool and All Offences data tool are available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly-march-2026.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2026 to Question 116225, what estimate she has made of when speed camera enforcement affected by the technical anomaly on motorways and A-roads will fully resume; and whether she will publish a timetable for restoration.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Department is working closely with National Highways, the Home Office, and the National Police Chiefs’ Council to ensure the Home Office approved solution for cameras affected by the anomaly is implemented as quickly as possible, once rigorous testing is complete.

This anomaly originated from an upgrade to speed cameras which started in 2019 under the previous government.

The police continue to enforce speeding offences on the network, and the public must comply with the speed limits in place at all times.

We will keep the House updated on this issue where necessary.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with (a) police forces, (b) regional road safety partnerships and (c) course providers on mitigating the financial impact on instructors of cancellations of (i) speed awareness and (ii) other educational courses arising from the suspension of speed camera enforcement.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Department is working closely with National Highways, Home Office, and National Police Chiefs’ Council to ensure the Home Office approved solution for cameras affected by the anomaly is implemented as quickly as possible, once rigorous testing is complete.

The police continue to enforce speed offences on the network through a range of tactics. The HADECS camera system anomaly relates to a specific subset of enforcement activity affecting a small portion of speed awareness courses. The Department does not anticipate a significant impact on providers as the majority of courses are still taking place.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what total expenditure HM Treasury projects for public sector net debt interest payments in the current financial year; and how that expenditure compares to the combined annual budgets allocated to the Ministry of Defence, the police service, and HM Prison and Probation Service.

Answered by Emma Reynolds - Chief Secretary to the Treasury

The Chancellor has been clear that fiscal discipline is his first priority. The fiscal rules keep debt on a sustainable path while allowing borrowing for investment.

Forecasts are produced independently by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The OBR’s most recent forecasts, including for debt interest costs, are available in the March 2026 Economic and Fiscal Outlook linked here: https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2026/

Departmental budgets for the Ministry of Defence, Home Office and Ministry of Justice are available in Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) 2026, which is published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-expenditure-statistical-analyses-2026

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the potential financial impact of index-linked government debt interest payments relative to baseline spending on core emergency and criminal justice services.

Answered by Emma Reynolds - Chief Secretary to the Treasury

The Chancellor has been clear that fiscal discipline is his first priority. The fiscal rules keep debt on a sustainable path while allowing borrowing for investment.

Forecasts are produced independently by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The OBR’s most recent forecasts, including for debt interest costs, are available in the March 2026 Economic and Fiscal Outlook linked here: https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2026/

Departmental budgets for the Ministry of Defence, Home Office and Ministry of Justice are available in Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) 2026, which is published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-expenditure-statistical-analyses-2026

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 18 June 2026, to Question 8151, on EU Budget: Contribution, if he will publish the precise value of the annual commitments of affiliation to (a) the European Criminal Records Information System and (b) Road Transport Agencies, and (c) and other affiliation referenced in the answer, other than Erasmus+.

Answered by Lucy Rigby - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)

Payments for participation in EU agencies and systems are made by the relevant department. In 2025/26, the Home Office provided the EU with c.£0.2m for the European Criminal Records Information System and the Department for Transport provided the EU with c.£0.1m for Road Transport Agencies participation. Future contributions could be subject to fluctuations, for instance to reflect exchange rates.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to mandate that social media platforms remove content depicting dangerous and illegal driving, including headlights being flicked on and off at night.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Under the 1988 Road Traffic Act, it is illegal to drive without due care and attention. It is also illegal to use a mobile phone whilst driving a motor vehicle.

The Department works with the Home Office and policing partners through the Roads Policing Innovation Programme to effectively enforce instances of dangerous and other illegal driving.

Operational enforcement activity, including any targeted operations against suspected offending, is a matter for individual police forces.

Policy on online platforms is not the responsibility of the Department for Transport. Under the Online Safety Act 2023, Ofcom independently oversees regulated services' compliance with their online safety duties. The Department has not held discussions with Ofcom on the removal of content depicting dangerous or illegal driving.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of social media accounts promoting illegal driving and joyriding on road safety in Leicester East.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Under the 1988 Road Traffic Act, it is illegal to drive without due care and attention. It is also illegal to use a mobile phone whilst driving a motor vehicle.

The Department works with the Home Office and policing partners through the Roads Policing Innovation Programme to effectively enforce instances of dangerous and other illegal driving.

Operational enforcement activity, including any targeted operations against suspected offending, is a matter for individual police forces.

Policy on online platforms is not the responsibility of the Department for Transport. Under the Online Safety Act 2023, Ofcom independently oversees regulated services' compliance with their online safety duties. The Department has not held discussions with Ofcom on the removal of content depicting dangerous or illegal driving.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the police regarding targeted enforcement operations against viral online road crime groups.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Under the 1988 Road Traffic Act, it is illegal to drive without due care and attention. It is also illegal to use a mobile phone whilst driving a motor vehicle.

The Department works with the Home Office and policing partners through the Roads Policing Innovation Programme to effectively enforce instances of dangerous and other illegal driving.

Operational enforcement activity, including any targeted operations against suspected offending, is a matter for individual police forces.

Policy on online platforms is not the responsibility of the Department for Transport. Under the Online Safety Act 2023, Ofcom independently oversees regulated services' compliance with their online safety duties. The Department has not held discussions with Ofcom on the removal of content depicting dangerous or illegal driving.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2026 to Question 17031 on Government Departments: Aviation, how many of the 32 occasions on which an aircraft was commissioned were for Ministers in each Government department.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

Of the 32 occasions on which aircraft were commissioned, 22 were for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, 8 for the Cabinet Office, one for the Home Office, and one for HM Treasury. All aircraft commissioned were for Ministers in accordance with the Ministerial Code.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 24 June 2026 to Question 10655 on Arms Length Bodies, if she will name the other 13 public bodies.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The following bodies have been established or announced since July 2024:

1. Ethics and Integrity Commission (EIC): Cabinet Office (CO)

2. Government Commercial Agency: Cabinet Office (CO)

3. Building Safety Regulator: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)

4. Fair Work Agency: Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

5. National Wealth Fund (NWF): HM Treasury (HMT)

6. Shadow Great British Railways (SGBR): Department for Transport (DfT)

7. Great British Energy (GBE): Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)

8. Great British Energy - Nuclear: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)

9. Defence Housing: Ministry of Defence (MoD)

10. Warm Homes Agency: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)

11. Independent Immigration Appeals Authority (IIAA): Home Office

12. School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB): Department for Education (DfE)

13. Adult Social Care Negotiating Body (ASCNB): Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what protocols are currently in place with (a) the Ministry of Justice and (b) the Home Office to identify individuals at immediate risk of homelessness prior to their discharge from prison or exit from asylum accommodation.

Answered by Florence Eshalomi - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Our National Plan to End Homelessness sets out a long-term ambition that no one should leave a public institution into homelessness.

Alongside the Ministry of Justice we have to committed to a 50% reduction in the proportion of people who become homeless on their first night out of prison and are subject to probation supervision by the end of this Parliament. We will also deliver an overall increase in the number of prison leavers in settled accommodation at 3 months after release and thereafter by the end of this Parliament.

We will achieve this by embedding as standard practice local partnerships, co-location and pre-release planning. We will also continue to invest in integrating digital community accommodation services, maximising artificial intelligence opportunities and automating information sharing to identify and match individuals to the right housing-related support and accommodation at the right time.

The Home Office has also committed to ensuring councils receive information from asylum accommodation providers for 100% of newly granted refugees at risk of homelessness, to enable councils to commence a homelessness assessment.

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, what plans she has to increase prosecution rates for cases involving violence against women and girls.

Answered by Andy Slaughter - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)

The CPS’s focus on tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG) is driving an increase in charges across a range of offences, including rape and domestic abuse-flagged offences.

The CPS's Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy for 2025-2030 aims to ensure that prosecutors have the right skills and tools to prosecute VAWG offences effectively. It sets out the approach the CPS is taking to improve casework quality, increase public confidence, and support the Government’s ambition to halve violence against women and girls.

To improve the prosecution of rape and serious sexual offences, the CPS has delivered significant reforms, including the introduction of a National Operating Model for adult rape prosecution, strengthened joint working and governance with policing, updated prosecution guidance, and a Rape Action Plan focused on improving case quality and prosecutor capability.

The CPS has also introduced enhanced assurance activity through the Rape Case Strategy Improvement Programme to support high-quality and consistent legal decision-making. These measures are contributing to improved outcomes, with 3,754 suspects charged in adult rape-flagged cases in 2025 (the highest number since records began), alongside the highest ever volume of completed adult rape prosecutions.

Tackling VAWG demands coordinated action across government. The CPS works closely with policing and other criminal justice partners to strengthen the collective response to these offences and ensure that victims are protected. In collaboration with the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and third sector partners, the CPS developed a national Domestic Abuse Joint Justice Plan (DA JJP) to strengthen the collective response to domestic abuse. Since the DA JJP launch in Q3 2024-25, referral volumes of DA flagged offences have seen quarter-on-quarter increases and the charge rate has remained above 80%.

Together with the Home Office and the NPCC, the CPS has hosted two national multi-agency ‘honour’-based abuse conferences and will host a further multi-agency conference on stalking on 10 September. These events bring together colleagues from across government, statutory partners, specialist organisations and those with lived experience to develop our understanding of and response to VAWG offending.

Joint protocols between the police and CPS help to establish a clear, shared understanding for police and prosecutors of how to recognise and respond to VAWG offending. The joint protocols on stalking, ‘honour’-based abuse and female genital mutilation (FGM) are being updated, to ensure they support the collective response to the evolving nature of these offences.

Effective training helps to ensure prosecutors are fully equipped to identify, charge and progress cases effectively, and refreshed training on strangulation or suffocation and ‘honour’-based abuse is currently in development. The CPS also recognises the growing role that technology plays in facilitating and amplifying VAWG offending, and a dedicated Technology-Facilitated VAWG Action Plan is being developed to strengthen the CPS response to this evolving form of offending (with publication expected by the end of the year).

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding has been allocated to the Shared Rural Network.

Answered by Ian Murray - Minister of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

The Government has allocated up to £184 million to upgrade 190 existing Home Office masts across Great Britain through the Shared Rural Network's Extended Area Service project and up to £150 million to build up to 44 new masts in Scotland through the Total Not Spot project. These Government-funded elements of the Shared Rural Network are delivering new 4G mobile coverage to some of the UK's most remote rural areas and are scheduled to complete by January 2027. This funding also includes an allocation to cover the operating costs of these publicly funded sites.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Student Loans Company administrative data showing an increase in the proportion of student finance loans awarded to non-UK nationals from 10.2 per cent in the 2014-2015 academic year to 19.3 per cent in 2024-2025, what assessment her Department has made of the policy, legal and demographic factors driving this increase.

Answered by Josh MacAlister - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The department cannot validate the numbers quoted, however, previously published data shows non-UK nationals increased from 12.1 per cent of student loan recipients in 2020/21 to 18.8 per cent in 2024/25.

Eligibility for student support is based on residency and immigration status, not nationality, targeting resources on students who are likely to stay indefinitely and contribute to the economy. To qualify for student support, including student loans, a person residing in England must be settled or have a recognised connection to the UK.

This includes persons who are covered by the EU Withdrawal Agreement, have long residence in this country, or who have been granted international protection by the Home Office. Persons who are settled must have been ordinarily resident in the UK and Islands for three years prior to the first day of the first academic year of their course.

The department keeps the student finance system under review and is taking action to protect public money, including strengthening oversight of franchised higher education provision.

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if he will list each industrial dispute live within his Department, including the nature of the dispute and level of industrial action.

Answered by Kate Dearden - Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)

Following the Machinery of Government changes announced in July 2026, the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (“BIST”) is working to confirm the associated transfer of functions and staff. At present BIST only has direct sight of industrial disputes concerning the former Department for Business and Trade (“fDBT”), pending the formal transfer of roles into BIST.

Regarding fDBT, Trade Unions and the department engage constructively on departmental issues; including organisational changes, HR policies and pay. There are disagreements but at present there exists only one formal industrial dispute:

Industrial Dispute: Home Office Check-off case, PCS Union – May 2025 - Nature of Dispute: Breach of contract in regard to removal of check off from 01 January 2016 - Level of industrial action: Collective dispute listed in the High Court

This is an active yet stayed case against former BEIS which will transfer over to BIST once a decision on the Home Office case has been issued.

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support legitimate independent shopkeepers who face unfair competition from cash-only premises operating under investigation for illicit trade.

Answered by Blair McDougall - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) (Jointly with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Illicit trade, money laundering and related crime committed using high street property undermines legitimate businesses, discourages investment, and contributes to the decline of high streets. BIST is supporting the new High Streets Organised Crime Unit, based in the Home Office, to strengthen our cross-government response to money laundering and other forms of organised criminality on our high streets. This will align with the forthcoming High Streets Strategy to ensure a holistic approach to barriers to vibrancy on the high street.

The Government has already announced £30 million to crack down on cash intensive businesses. This includes £6 million to bolster Trading Standards response and £20 million towards enhanced law enforcement, including a new multi-agency coordinated cell based in the National Crime Agency.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether funding for a new laboratory at Porton Down for research into protection against biological threats, as announced in The Defence Investment Plan, will fund, support or increase the use of animals in testing or research.

Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

Dstl is committed to the principles of Reduction, Replacement and Refinement (‘the 3Rs’) in its use of laboratory animals. The possibility of using alternative methodologies is considered as part of the initial planning of every proposed project, and Home Office licences for animal experimentation are only granted under ASPA if significant benefits will be gained from the research, and all alternative approaches have been carefully considered and implemented where scientifically feasible.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to ensure that the new laboratory at DSTL Porton Down, as announced in The Defence Investment Plan, utilises human-relevant new approach technologies, rather than the use of animals.

Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

Dstl is committed to the principles of Reduction, Replacement and Refinement (‘the 3Rs’) in its use of laboratory animals. The possibility of using alternative methodologies is considered as part of the initial planning of every proposed project, and Home Office licences for animal experimentation are only granted under ASPA if significant benefits will be gained from the research, and all alternative approaches have been carefully considered and implemented where scientifically feasible.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to introduce enhanced screening and background checks for vehicle registration plate suppliers, including criminal record checks where appropriate.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Government recognises the impact of number plate crime and is committed to addressing this issue. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) works closely with police forces and the National Police Chiefs’ Council to improve the identification and enforcement of number plate crime.

As part of its Road Safety Strategy published on 7 January 2026, the Government has sought views on the introduction of penalty points and vehicle seizure for the offence of being in charge of a motor vehicle with an incorrect, altered or false number plate. The consultation closed on 11 May and responses are being considered.

The DVLA is also considering options to ensure a more robust, auditable Register of Number Plate Supplier process, which would enable tighter checks on number plate suppliers and the plates they supply. Options being considered include reviewing fees, scheme structure, resources and funding.

The DVLA uses its social media pages to warn the public of the importance of only buying number plates from a registered supplier and on gov.uk contains information that advises drivers where their nearest suppliers are and what they need to do to purchase new plates.

The Home Office is responsible for police funding. The DVLA offers support and training for police forces on the illegal display and supply of number plates.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered increasing penalties available for the manufacture, supply and use of illegal vehicle registration plates.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Government recognises the impact of number plate crime and is committed to addressing this issue. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) works closely with police forces and the National Police Chiefs’ Council to improve the identification and enforcement of number plate crime.

As part of its Road Safety Strategy published on 7 January 2026, the Government has sought views on the introduction of penalty points and vehicle seizure for the offence of being in charge of a motor vehicle with an incorrect, altered or false number plate. The consultation closed on 11 May and responses are being considered.

The DVLA is also considering options to ensure a more robust, auditable Register of Number Plate Supplier process, which would enable tighter checks on number plate suppliers and the plates they supply. Options being considered include reviewing fees, scheme structure, resources and funding.

The DVLA uses its social media pages to warn the public of the importance of only buying number plates from a registered supplier and on gov.uk contains information that advises drivers where their nearest suppliers are and what they need to do to purchase new plates.

The Home Office is responsible for police funding. The DVLA offers support and training for police forces on the illegal display and supply of number plates.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to raise public awareness of the risks associated with purchasing vehicle registration plates from unauthorised and non-compliant suppliers.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Government recognises the impact of number plate crime and is committed to addressing this issue. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) works closely with police forces and the National Police Chiefs’ Council to improve the identification and enforcement of number plate crime.

As part of its Road Safety Strategy published on 7 January 2026, the Government has sought views on the introduction of penalty points and vehicle seizure for the offence of being in charge of a motor vehicle with an incorrect, altered or false number plate. The consultation closed on 11 May and responses are being considered.

The DVLA is also considering options to ensure a more robust, auditable Register of Number Plate Supplier process, which would enable tighter checks on number plate suppliers and the plates they supply. Options being considered include reviewing fees, scheme structure, resources and funding.

The DVLA uses its social media pages to warn the public of the importance of only buying number plates from a registered supplier and on gov.uk contains information that advises drivers where their nearest suppliers are and what they need to do to purchase new plates.

The Home Office is responsible for police funding. The DVLA offers support and training for police forces on the illegal display and supply of number plates.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to fund police technology, capability and training to assist police forces in detecting and enforcing offences relating to illegal vehicle registration plates.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Government recognises the impact of number plate crime and is committed to addressing this issue. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) works closely with police forces and the National Police Chiefs’ Council to improve the identification and enforcement of number plate crime.

As part of its Road Safety Strategy published on 7 January 2026, the Government has sought views on the introduction of penalty points and vehicle seizure for the offence of being in charge of a motor vehicle with an incorrect, altered or false number plate. The consultation closed on 11 May and responses are being considered.

The DVLA is also considering options to ensure a more robust, auditable Register of Number Plate Supplier process, which would enable tighter checks on number plate suppliers and the plates they supply. Options being considered include reviewing fees, scheme structure, resources and funding.

The DVLA uses its social media pages to warn the public of the importance of only buying number plates from a registered supplier and on gov.uk contains information that advises drivers where their nearest suppliers are and what they need to do to purchase new plates.

The Home Office is responsible for police funding. The DVLA offers support and training for police forces on the illegal display and supply of number plates.

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Found: Home Office Accelerated Capability Environment (ACE): ACE helps government and the police tackle safety

Found: AP147 - Secretariat to progress DEA/F/40 (HMRC & Home Office) Ministerial Submission upon receiving revised

Found: victims and suspects of homicide: report produced by BOLD Substance Misuse England Pilot (DHSC), Home Office

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Found: standards • Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) • Food Standards Agency (FSA) • Home Office

Found: The unit cost of a lithium-ion fire is assumed to be £45,900, based on Home Office estimates of the

Found: The unit cost of a lithium-ion fire can be estimated through the Home Office estimates of the average

Found: The unit cost of a lithium-ion fire can be estimated through the Home Office estimates of the average

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Found: Related content Home Office press statement on small boat crossings For press enquiries, please contact

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Found: Related content Home Office press statement on small boat crossings For press enquiries, please contact

Found: Related content Home Office press statement on small boat crossings For press enquiries, please contact

Found: Related content Home Office press statement on small boat crossings For press enquiries, please contact

Found: Related content Home Office press statement on small boat crossings For press enquiries, please contact

Found: Related content Home Office press statement on small boat crossings For press enquiries, please contact

Found: Related content Home Office press statement on small boat crossings For press enquiries, please contact

Found: The Home Office and the policing system worked together to develop the white paper.

Found: The Home Office and the policing system worked together to develop the white paper.

Found: We continue to work closely with our landlords and Home Office Property Services (HOPS) to ensure our

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Found: out later in this document. 3.7 Where the offender is a Foreign National Offender (FNO) with Home Office

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Found: log into SMS, change your password, manage SMS users and view important messages posted by the Home Office

Found: log into SMS, change your password, manage SMS users and view important messages posted by the Home Office

Found: log into SMS, change your password, manage SMS users and view important messages posted by the Home Office

Found: log into SMS, change your password, manage SMS users and view important messages posted by the Home Office

Found: log into SMS, change your password, manage SMS users and view important messages posted by the Home Office

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Found: log into SMS, change your password, manage SMS users and view important messages posted by the Home Office

Found: log into SMS, change your password, manage SMS users and view important messages posted by the Home Office

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Found: 00:00:00 Q1 2013-Q2 2026 2026-08-27 00:00:00 DT_03 Reports made by a medical practitioner to the Home Office

Found: performance data related to migration and borders and data that has been regularly requested from the Home Office

Found: performance data related to migration and borders and data that has been regularly requested from the Home Office

Found: performance data related to migration and borders and data that has been regularly requested from the Home Office

Found: Excellence in Regulatory Science & Innovation in Digital Health & Healthcare AI Director No Yes Home Office

Found: Excellence in Regulatory Science & Innovation in Digital Health & Healthcare AI Director No Yes Home Office

Found: The new fees have been scrutinised and approved by the DBS board, Home Office, HM Treasury, and the Minister

Found: The ET referred to Home Office v Bailey [2005] ICR 1057 (“Bailey”) for the proposition that “significant

Found: place across hundreds of public bodies, from NHS trusts, ministerial departments like MOD or the Home Office

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Found: Working with Bulgarian authorities and Home Office International Operations, the N C A used intelligence

Found: During this part of the process, it is normal for the UK Home Office to contact the Scottish Government

Found: data held on the number of asylum seekers and/or refugees supported in Wales (whether through Home Office

Found: Does the Home Office rule preventing alcohol being sold below the cost of duty plus VAT apply in Wales

Found: The Home Office has published comprehensive guidance on these orders here.