Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals that have been issued a notice of intent of inadmissibility have subsequently been admitted to the asylum system since 1 January 2022.

Answered by Michael Tomlinson

The Home Office does not routinely publish data on those who are admitted to the UK asylum system after a notice of intent has been issued.

General data on inadmissibility is published as part of the quarterly immigration system statistics and can be found at How many people do we grant protection to? - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals that have been detained for removal to Rwanda have also been served an (a) notice of inadmissibility and (b) inadmissibility decision.

Answered by Michael Tomlinson

The Home Office will not be providing a running commentary on ongoing operational activity. However, all individuals will have their cases considered in line with the published inadmissibility guidance:

Inadmissibility – third country cases: caseworker guidance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the capacity of the immigration detention estate was on (a) 8 May 2024, (b) 8 January 2024 and (c) 8 July 2023.

Answered by Michael Tomlinson

Immigration detention capacity figures are not static and are subject to operational demands.

Management information shows that detention capacity on 8 July 2023 was c2158 immigration removal centre (IRC) beds, rising to c2219 IRC beds on 8 January 2024. As of 24 April 2024, there is a capacity to detain c2200 people in IRCs, including those liable for removal to Rwanda, with more coming online in the coming months.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the visit by the Minister for the Indo-Pacific to Hong Kong on relations with China.

Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan

In line with the Government's "protect, align, and engage" approach to China, as set out in the Integrated Review Refresh, the I raised a number of issues important to the UK national interest with Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Christopher Hui during my visit to Hong Kong in April. This included the prosecution of British national Jimmy Lai, the enactment of further national security legislation (Article 23), and concerns over transnational repression against BN(O)s in the UK. Issues of mutual and global interest were also discussed, alongside areas of disagreement or concern.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he plans to meet (a) Sebastian Lai and (b) his international legal team.

Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan

The Foreign Secretary and I last met with Sebastien Lai on 12 December. We are in regular contact with Sebastien Lai and members of Jimmy Lai's international legal team and continue to provide support.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fire station closures there have been in each local authority in each year since 2016.

Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons

For the latest available data, to year ending March 2021, there were 1,390 fire stations, compared with 1,400 in year ending March 2016, a reduction of 10 stations over the period for the whole of England.

Table 1: Number of Fire Stations in England, by year

Data on fire stations is published in FIRE1403, available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/634d2ed6e90e0731aa0fcc59/fire-statistics-data-tables-fire1403-201022.xlsx. The number of fire stations is not collected by local authority but is available by fire and rescue service (FRS) by year for England.

The data since March 2021 is under review as we are working on ways to ensure the quality and accuracy of the data provided.

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