Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants from the People’s Republic of China have been removed to that country since May 2015.

Answered by Mike Tapp - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The Home Office publishes data on returns in the ‘Immigration System Statistics quarterly release’. Data on returns of Chinese nationals to their home country can be found in table Ret_D01 of the ‘Returns detailed datasets’.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made towards the Government’s commitment to reform the governance and statutory purposes of National Parks through legislation.

Answered by Mary Creagh - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The Government has delivered in providing the National Park Authorities and the Broads Authority with a new general power of competence through the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 and remains committed to strengthening the governance and statutory purposes of our National Parks as soon as parliamentary time allows.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims originating from the People’s Republic of China, including Hong Kong, have been based on fear of persecution for reasons of political opinion since May 2015.

Answered by Alex Norris - Minister of State (Home Office)

Information regarding basis of claim is not published 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, how many asylum claims have been submitted by asylum seekers from the People’s Republic of China, including Hong Kong, since May 2015; and how many of those were successful.

Answered by Alex Norris - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the number of people claiming asylum and initial decisions on asylum claims, by nationality, is published in tables Asy_D01 and Asy_D02 of the ‘Asylum claims and decisions detailed datasets’.

Data on latest asylum outcomes, by nationality, is published in table Asy_D04 of the ‘Outcome analysis of asylum claims detailed datasets’ as part of the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’.

Table Asy_D04 shows for main applicants only, the number of asylum claims made each year, the initial and latest outcomes of those claims, the number still awaiting an outcome, and the number returned. The latest published data relates to claims made up to the end of 2024.

Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there are any cases where (a) an Interpol WPD and (b) a Red Notice has been issued against an individual granted political asylum in the UK.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Secretary of State for Defence

The Government has long-standing policies to neither confirm nor deny (NCND) the existence of an INTERPOL Red Notice or Diffusion against named individuals, and to not comment on an individual’s immigration or asylum status. This is to support the functioning of both our judicial processes, and to ensure the protection of those with asylum status in the UK. These policies are also applied by the National Crime Agency, which hosts the UK’s INTERPOL National Central Bureau.

The Government takes seriously any attempt to misuse INTERPOL systems. We continue to work closely with INTERPOL to ensure that it’s Constitution is upheld and those with refugee status are rightfully given the protections afforded by their asylum status.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has provided information on the outcome of UK asylum cases to (a) Interpol’s General Secretariat and (b) the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL's Files under Interpol’s Resolution No. 9 2017 (GA-2017-86-RES-09).

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Secretary of State for Defence

The Government has long-standing policies to neither confirm nor deny (NCND) the existence of an INTERPOL Red Notice or Diffusion against named individuals, and to not comment on an individual’s immigration or asylum status. This is to support the functioning of both our judicial processes, and to ensure the protection of those with asylum status in the UK. These policies are also applied by the National Crime Agency, which hosts the UK’s INTERPOL National Central Bureau.

The Government takes seriously any attempt to misuse INTERPOL systems. We continue to work closely with INTERPOL to ensure that it’s Constitution is upheld and those with refugee status are rightfully given the protections afforded by their asylum status.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what protocols are in place regarding the sharing of biometrics and criminal records data with non-EU, non-M5 partners.

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

The Home Office has bilateral arrangements for sharing criminal records data, including biometrics, with a small number of countries outside of the EU and Migration 5 (M5) / 5Eyes. Such data can also be shared with other countries on a case-by-case basis via INTERPOL. All sharing of biometrics and criminal records data with third countries is subject to an assessment of data protection and human rights risks.

Draft Code of Practice on Services, public functions and associations

Found: Representations from Members The following Members made oral representations: Alex Sobel, Sarah Olney

Found: 50.0%) Lord Sewell of Sanderstead (Conservative, Life peer) (added 6 Mar 2025) 18 of 32 (56.2%) Alex Sobel