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Written Question
Asylum: Applications
Monday 13th November 2023

Asked by: Joanna Cherry (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh South West)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including time spent awaiting an asylum decision within the five year period applicants must be in the UK before they may apply for indefinite leave to remain.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

Whilst we do not have any plans to review the process by which refugees may apply for settlement protection, we have taken action to accelerate decision-making and rapidly speed up processing times to eliminate the backlog of people waiting for initial asylum decisions by the end of 2023. This will ensure asylum seekers are not left months or even years waiting for a decision.

We have done this by streamlining and modernising the end-to-end process, with improved guidance and more focussed interviews; and continued enhancement of digital technology.


Written Question
Fraud
Thursday 14th September 2023

Asked by: Joanna Cherry (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh South West)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the impact of fraud on businesses.

Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)

Discussions with Cabinet peers are held in confidence. However, the Government takes the issue of fraud very seriously and is dedicated to protecting the public and businesses from this devastating crime.

The 2020 Economic Crime Survey showed that around 1 in 5 businesses in surveyed sectors had been a victim of fraud over a three-year period. The mean annual cost per business of all fraud incidents was around £16,000, and the median cost was £1,000. 37% of businesses that experienced fraud also reported other impacts, including on the wellbeing of their staff.

The Fraud Strategy, published earlier this year, sets out the Government’s three pillar approach to tackling this crime. We will work with industry, intelligence agencies, law enforcement, and with all partners to ensure that people and businesses have the advice and support they need.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Nov 2022
Manston Update

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Nov 2022
Migration

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Nov 2022
National Security Bill

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 31 Oct 2022
Western Jet Foil and Manston Asylum Processing Centres

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Oct 2022
Public Order Bill

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Oct 2022
Public Order Bill

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Oct 2022
Public Order Bill

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Jun 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

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