Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many female victims of sexual offences in each of the last five years were under the age of 18, where the alleged perpetrator was an asylum seeker.

Answered by Jake Richards - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

Data regarding the age of the victim is not held by the Ministry of Justice, except where it is specifically defined in statute (for example, where the offence is a sexual offence against a child). In addition, the Ministry of Justice does not hold information on the asylum status of offenders.

The removal of Foreign National Offenders is a priority for this Government and within its first two years (July 2024 to June 2026), this Government has increased returns of FNOs by 41% compared to the last two years of the previous Government.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of violence against women and girls among crimes committed by people who are in the UK without legal immigration status.

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

Asylum seekers who engage in antisocial or criminal behaviour will be subject to the same legal consequences as any other individual residing in the country and will have their immigration status reviewed, if convicted.

No one in the UK, including foreign nationals, asylum seekers or refugees, is above the law. Asylum seekers are clearly advised of the expectations the Home Office and accommodation providers have for them to behave responsibly while they are accommodated in Home Office properties and not to engage in any form of criminal or anti-social activity.

Tacking Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is a top priority for the Government. Our mission is to halve the levels of these crimes within a decade, using every lever available to us. “Freedom from Violence and Abuse: a cross-government strategy to build a safer society for women and girls”, sets out the strategic direction and concrete actions to prevent violence and abuse, pursue perpetrators, and support victims.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data is collected on the immigration status of alleged perpetrators of violence against women and girls, and whether she plans to publish such data by offence and age of victim.

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

Immigration Enforcement records immigration status information for individuals referred to it by the police for operational purposes.

This does not represent all alleged perpetrators of violence against women and girls and is not routinely collated by VAWG offence type or the age of the victim.

There are currently no plans to publish the data in this format.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of whether the age profile of female victims of crimes allegedly committed by asylum seekers differs from that of female victims of comparable offences committed by the wider population.

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

The Home Office has not made an assessment of whether the age profile of female victims of crimes allegedly committed by asylum seekers differs from that of female victims of comparable offences committed by the wider population.

All criminal offences are investigated by the police and prosecuted independently where appropriate.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of women and girls who have been victims of violence or sexual offences allegedly committed by people who entered the UK illegally in small boats in each of the last five years.

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

The Home Office does not centrally hold data that would enable an estimate to be made of the number of women and girls who have been victims of sexual offences allegedly committed by people who entered the UK illegally by small boat.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of women and girls who have been victims of crimes committed by asylum seekers in each of the last five years, broken down by age of victim and type of offence.

Answered by Anna Turley - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office does not centrally hold data on the number of women and girls who have been victims of crimes committed by asylum seekers, broken down by the age of the victim and type of offence.

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