Asked by: Barry Gardiner (Labour - Brent North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 38 of the Independent review of Border Force by Alexander Downer, published on 20 July 2022, whether he has made an estimate of the number and proportion of Heathrow Border Force Officers that have been informed of changes to their reasonable adjustments since that report was published.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
No members of staff have had their reasonable adjustments changed as a consequence of the Heathrow Change Programme.
Asked by: Barry Gardiner (Labour - Brent North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications and further submissions for (a) indefinite leave to remain, (b) family reunion, (c) EU Settlement Scheme, (d) family and private life, (e) British citizenship, and (f) asylum were marked as closed cases after an initial response was provided to the Member of Parliament so that no further correspondence was initiated with the Member even where the case had been progressed in 2022.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Home Office does not hold the information requested.
Asked by: Barry Gardiner (Labour - Brent North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of (a) fraud and (b) cyber crime were reported to Action Fraud in each of the last five years; and in each of those years what proportion of those incidents resulted in a prosecution.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
The Home Office collects data on the number of fraud and computer misuse cases reported to Action Fraud that have been recorded as crimes by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB).
Such data is published by the Office for National Statistics on a quarterly basis and the most recently available statistics for the year ending June 2022 can be found, here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesquarterlydatatables
Statistics on the investigative outcomes of those offences referred to the territorial police forces for investigation are published each year by the Home Office. The most recent publication was Crime outcomes in England and Wales 2021 to 2022 and can be found at this link https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-2021-to-2022
The Home Office does not hold information on cases that result in prosecution but the Ministry of Justice publish statistics on court outcomes by crime type including fraud. The latest statistics can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-june-2022.
Asked by: Barry Gardiner (Labour - Brent North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) detainees and (b) staff of immigration detention centres have been tested for covid-19.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The health of those in immigration removal centres is of the utmost importance but we remain committed to removing foreign national offenders or those who violate our immigration rules. Detention plays a key role in securing our borders and maintaining effective immigration control and it is only right that we protect the public from high-harm individuals, which is why the vast majority of those in detention are foreign national offenders.
Decisions to detain an individual are based on all of the information known at the time. As circumstances change, temporary release may then become the most appropriate option.
We are following all Public Health England guidance and have robust contingency plans in place. Measures such as protective isolation will be considered to minimise the risk of COVID-19 spreading to vulnerable groups in the immigration detention estate.
All immigration removal centres have dedicated health facilities run by doctors and nurses which are managed by the NHS or appropriate providers.
There are currently no cases of Coronavirus, in detainees, in immigration removal centres.
Provisional management information indicates that as of 27 April four members of IRC supplier staff have tested positive for COVID-19, one of whom has now fully recovered and returned to duty. In addition, there have been two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in detainees. A third individual was identified but after his release from detention had been agreed. Whilst in the IRC the individual was in isolation. He was released as there was no immediate prospect of removal. No other detainees have tested positive for COVID-19.
Asked by: Barry Gardiner (Labour - Brent North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detainees in immigration detention centres have tested positive for covid-19.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The health of those in immigration removal centres is of the utmost importance but we remain committed to removing foreign national offenders or those who violate our immigration rules. Detention plays a key role in securing our borders and maintaining effective immigration control and it is only right that we protect the public from high-harm individuals, which is why the vast majority of those in detention are foreign national offenders.
Decisions to detain an individual are based on all of the information known at the time. As circumstances change, temporary release may then become the most appropriate option.
We are following all Public Health England guidance and have robust contingency plans in place. Measures such as protective isolation will be considered to minimise the risk of COVID-19 spreading to vulnerable groups in the immigration detention estate.
All immigration removal centres have dedicated health facilities run by doctors and nurses which are managed by the NHS or appropriate providers.
There are currently no cases of Coronavirus, in detainees, in immigration removal centres.
Provisional management information indicates that as of 27 April four members of IRC supplier staff have tested positive for COVID-19, one of whom has now fully recovered and returned to duty. In addition, there have been two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in detainees. A third individual was identified but after his release from detention had been agreed. Whilst in the IRC the individual was in isolation. He was released as there was no immediate prospect of removal. No other detainees have tested positive for COVID-19.
Asked by: Barry Gardiner (Labour - Brent North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been released from immigration detention centres since social distancing measures were introduced.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The health of those in immigration removal centres is of the utmost importance but we remain committed to removing foreign national offenders or those who violate our immigration rules. Detention plays a key role in securing our borders and maintaining effective immigration control and it is only right that we protect the public from high-harm individuals, which is why the vast majority of those in detention are foreign national offenders.
Decisions to detain an individual are based on all of the information known at the time. As circumstances change, temporary release may then become the most appropriate option.
We are following all Public Health England guidance and have robust contingency plans in place. Measures such as protective isolation will be considered to minimise the risk of COVID-19 spreading to vulnerable groups in the immigration detention estate.
All immigration removal centres have dedicated health facilities run by doctors and nurses which are managed by the NHS or appropriate providers.
There are currently no cases of Coronavirus, in detainees, in immigration removal centres.
Provisional management information indicates that as of 27 April four members of IRC supplier staff have tested positive for COVID-19, one of whom has now fully recovered and returned to duty. In addition, there have been two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in detainees. A third individual was identified but after his release from detention had been agreed. Whilst in the IRC the individual was in isolation. He was released as there was no immediate prospect of removal. No other detainees have tested positive for COVID-19.
Asked by: Barry Gardiner (Labour - Brent North)
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 child refugees approved for family reunification in the UK are detained in refugee camps in Greece following the cancellation of flights during the covid-19 outbreak.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office does not hold detailed information on the location of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children within European Member States.
Despite Covid-19 restrictions, the UK remains fully committed to meeting our obligations under the Dublin III Regulation. The Home Office continues to process Dublin cases, including children, as far as we are able given the current circumstances and remains open to receiving transfers into the UK.
Arrangements to complete a transfer have always been and still are the responsibility of the sending State. We continue to liaise with our counterparts in Member States so that we can effect transfers as soon as it is safe and practical to do so.
Asked by: Barry Gardiner (Labour - Brent North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many HM Courts and Tribunals Service decisions have gone against her Department in each of the last six months; and how many such decisions in each of those months have not been implemented.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The latest set of published statistics regarding how many HM Courts and Tribunals Service decisions have gone against the Secretary of State for the Home Department is available online from HM Courts and Tribunals Service.
The figures requested relating to decisions implemented are not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Barry Gardiner (Labour - Brent North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many replies her Department sent to hon. Members which explain that, due to an administrative error or due to an unfortunate error they have not yet implemented a HM Courts and Tribunals Services decision in the last two years.
Answered by James Brokenshire
It is not possible to provide the Hon. Member with the information requested as it is not readily available or held centrally and can only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.