Asked by: Conor Burns (Conservative - Bournemouth West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people awaiting asylum determination are housed in postcodes: (a) BH3 7, (b) BH12 5, (c) BH12 1, (d) BH10 6, (e) BH10 5, (f) BH9 2, (g) BH4 9, (h) BH9 1, (i) BH4 8, (j) BH2 6, (k) BH11 9, (l) BH10 4, (m) BH12 4, (n) BH10 7, (o) BH1 1, (p) BH2 5, (q) BH11 8 and (r) BH1 2?.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
Whilst we hold information regarding the number of people awaiting the outcome of their asylum claim in each postcode, this information is not held in a reportable format.
Asked by: Conor Burns (Conservative - Bournemouth West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds information on the number of people awaiting asylum determination in each parliamentary constituency.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
Whilst we hold information regarding asylum claimants in each parliamentary constituency, this information is not held in a reportable format.
Asked by: Conor Burns (Conservative - Bournemouth West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the break date is for the contracts between her Department and hotels in Bournemouth for housing asylum claimants.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The enduring solution is to stop the illegal, dangerous, and unnecessary small boat crossings that are overwhelming our asylum system. The Home Office works tirelessly, alongside other government departments, to reduce the Government’s dependency on hotels for contingency accommodation through a package of long-term and short-term measures. Hotels are on a rolling contract and in the event we decommission a site, there is a notice period to ensure that our accommodation providers can safely relocate residents.
We expect high standards from all of our providers, and we have a robust governance framework in place to manage service delivery of the Asylum Accommodation Support Contracts (AASC). Details of the AASC can be found at:
New asylum accommodation contracts awarded - GOV.UK www.gov.uk/government/news/new-asylum-accommodation-contracts-awarded
Asked by: Conor Burns (Conservative - Bournemouth West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the end date is in the contracts between her Department and hotels in Bournemouth housing asylum claimants.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The enduring solution is to stop the illegal, dangerous, and unnecessary small boat crossings that are overwhelming our asylum system. The Home Office works tirelessly, alongside other government departments, to reduce the Government’s dependency on hotels for contingency accommodation through a package of long-term and short-term measures. Hotels are on a rolling contract and in the event we decommission a site, there is a notice period to ensure that our accommodation providers can safely relocate residents.
We expect high standards from all of our providers, and we have a robust governance framework in place to manage service delivery of the Asylum Accommodation Support Contracts (AASC). Details of the AASC can be found at:
New asylum accommodation contracts awarded - GOV.UK www.gov.uk/government/news/new-asylum-accommodation-contracts-awarded
Asked by: Conor Burns (Conservative - Bournemouth West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hotels are housing asylum seekers in (a) Bournemouth West constituency, (b) Bournemouth East constituency, (c) Poole constituency, (d) Mid Dorset and North Poole constituency, (e) Southampton Itchen constituency, (f) Southampton Test constituency and (g) Romsey constituency; and how many asylum seekers are housed in each of those constituencies.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The latest published Immigration Statistics detail the number of supported asylum seekers accommodated in each local authority area. These statistics can be found at Asylum and resettlement datasets Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets opens in a new tab), under the document Asylum seekers in receipt of support (second edition). Data are published on a quarterly basis, with the next quarterly figures due to be released 24 August 2023.
Asked by: Conor Burns (Conservative - Bournemouth West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Immigration of 23 January 2023 on Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children, Official Report, column 871, what her expected timescale is to conclude the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the murder of Thomas Roberts in Bournemouth last year; and if her Department will take steps to publish the findings of that investigation.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Home Office is conducting an internal investigation to examine the circumstances surrounding this case. We do not routinely publish internal reports and there are no plans to do so on this occasion.
Asked by: Conor Burns (Conservative - Bournemouth West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made with the investigation of the Abdulrahimzai case; and when she plans to publish the report.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office is conducting an internal investigation to examine the circumstances surrounding this case. We do not routinely publish internal reports and there are no plans to do so here.
All asylum claimants are subject to mandatory security checks against their claimed identity including criminality checks on UK databases and we are working to strengthen ties with international partners to make vital intelligence sharing more seamless. Individuals attempting to dupe the system using multiple names and ages will face decisive action.
Asked by: Conor Burns (Conservative - Bournemouth West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers in the initial stage of assessment were housed in hotel accommodation in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area on (a) 1 July 2020, (b) 1 August 2020, (c) 1 September 2020 and (d) 1 October 2020.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The number of asylum seekers accommodated in each local authority can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-support
This includes the numbers of those accommodated under Section 98, Section 95 and Section 4.
Data is published on a quarterly basis from 31st March 2014 with the latest information covering until 30th June 2020. The next quarterly figures are due to be released in November 2020
Asked by: Conor Burns (Conservative - Bournemouth West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to Question 219468, whether her Department received further copies of the letter emailed on 5 December 2014 to Jackie Godwin of the Home Office Correspondence Team and on 18 December 2014 to Dipesh Lakhani in the Private Office Support Team.
Answered by Karen Bradley
Copies of the letters emailed on 5 December 2014 to Jackie Godwin and on 18 December to Dipesh Lakhani were received and will respond by Thursday 12 February.
Asked by: Conor Burns (Conservative - Bournemouth West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to reply to the letter sent to the Minister of State for Policing in September 2014, reference BWC6181 by the hon. Member for Bournemouth West, on behalf of his constituent, Mr Robert Lee.
Answered by Mike Penning
The Minister of State for Policing, Criminal Justice and Victims most recently received correspondence under this reference number on 8 November 2012, which was responded to on 26 November 2012. The Minister’s office has made
arrangements to forward a copy of that response.
There is no record of receiving any further correspondence under this reference number in September 2014. I would be grateful if the letter could be re-sent and I will respond within the required timeframe.