Asked by: Lord Marlesford (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many grants of asylum were granted in (1) 2017, (2) 2018, and (3) 2019; and what was the breakdown of nationality of those granted asylum in each of those years.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Home Office publishes data on asylum applications in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’ (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release). Data on the number of grants of asylum are published in tables Asy_D02 of the ‘Asylum applications, initial decisions and resettlement’ (attached) datasets, and are broken down by nationality and type of grant (asylum, humanitarian protection, discretionary leave etc.) for all requested years.
Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to the year ending March 2020.
Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the ‘summary tables’ (attached). The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and resettlement.
Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’ (https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&organisations%5B%5D=home-office&order=relevance).
Annex A (attached) provides the published data from Asy_D02. The data relate to grants made at initial decision and include main applicants only. The pivot table can be used to show data on nationality.
Asked by: Lord Marlesford (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many members of the House of Lords, recorded as attending sittings of the House or Committees of the House during the 2018–19 financial year claimed (1) over £40,000 (2) £30,000– £39,999 (3) £20,000–£29,999, (4) £10,000– £19,999, and (5) under £10,000, in financial support, excluding travelling costs.
Answered by Lord McFall of Alcluith
The number of members of the House of Lords in each band was as follows;
Over £40,000 | 247 |
£30,000 - £39,999 | 150 |
£20,000 - £29,999 | 93 |
£10,000 - £19,999 | 88 |
£0 - £9,999 | 224 |
Asked by: Lord Marlesford (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Home Office officials who have been charged with criminal offences in connection with their public duties are awaiting trial.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
At present there is one former employee who is currently awaiting trial.
Asked by: Lord Marlesford (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many serving police officers are working overseas.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
In line with the policy of successive governments, we do not comment on operational policing matters.
Asked by: Lord Marlesford (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many illegal immigrants they have intercepted travelling to the UK, whether on land or at sea, in each of the last 24 months.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
We do not routinely publish the information you have requested, we are unable to provide this information, as it could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Lord Marlesford (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government under what circumstances passports are (1) cancelled electronically, or (2) seized the police, for persons (a) given custodial sentences in prison, (b) given suspended services in prison, (c) sentenced to community service, (d) on probation, (e) on bail, or (f) remanded in custody.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
Passports are cancelled electronically on the HMPO systems when they have been renewed or when a new passport has been issued. This will also occur when passports have been reported lost, stolen or when HMPO is notified that the holder is deceased.
Passports are also cancelled when passport facilities are withdrawn within the terms of the then Home Secretary’s written ministerial statement of 25 April 2013.
Asked by: Lord Marlesford (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applications for asylum (1) were received, (2) were granted, (3) were refused, and (4) resulted in deportation, in each of the last ten years.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Home Office publishes data on the outcomes of asylum applications in the https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release
Data on the number of asylum applications received, granted, refused and those who have applied and have been returned are published in tables Asy_D04 of the ‘Outcome analysis of asylum applications’.
Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to the year ending December 2018. Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the ‘summary tables’. The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and resettlement.
Note: The number of cases which have outcomes that are 'not yet known' will be higher for more recent years as cases are still progressing. These will reduce over time. As a result, data are not comparable over time.
Additional statistics on the number of asylum applications raised each year can be found in table Asy_D01, the number of initial decisions (broken down by grant or refusal) can be found in Asy_D02, and the number of ‘asylum related’ returns can be found in table Ret_05 of the returns summary tables.
Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’
A summary of the data from Asy_D04, can be found in Annex A.
Asked by: Lord Marlesford (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average annual cost to public funds of (1) adult asylum applicants, and (2) unaccompanied children seeking asylum.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
Asylum costs are published as part of the Home Office transparency data https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-august-2019. Please see table attached.
The information is not broken down to provide individual costs for asylum applicants and unaccompanied asylum seeking children.
Asked by: Lord Marlesford (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 31 May (HL15807), in what circumstances they withhold from Parliament the names of civil servants who have been convicted in open court, and sentenced to prison, for offences in connection with their official duties.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
When a member of staff has been sentenced in court following an arrest by the Home Office Anti-Corruption team, the name of the civil servant is not disclosed. Although the names of staff members are known in court, this is not necessarily the same as being in the public domain.
The disclosure of names would have to satisfy a high threshold under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and s.9 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 makes it an offence to disclose the fact of an offence in respect of a rehabilitated person.
Asked by: Lord Marlesford (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their personnel policies and procedures would allow ex-offenders to be employed in the Home Office for duties involving immigration or border control.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
Home Office staff are held to the highest standards of honesty and integrity and all candidates who are considered for appointment undergo stringent pre-employment and security checks before taking up post.
We recognise the contribution that former offenders can make to our workforce, however, in deciding whether to make an appointment we would consider a range of factors, including the nature of the position and the circumstances of the offence.