Oral Answers to Questions

Peter Lamb Excerpts

Monday 17th November 2025 Commons Chamber

[Shabana Mahmood]

The hon. Gentleman should wait for the statement later today. The assumptions made by the National Audit Office in its projections are based on the current policy environment, which is about to change very significantly.

[Peter Lamb (Crawley) (Lab)]

8. What steps she has taken to tackle delays in the payment of refunds by her Department.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mike Tapp)]

UK Visas and Immigration makes millions of decisions every year about who has permission to visit or stay in the UK, protecting our borders and delivering excellent customer service across the globe. Where customers require refunds, UKVI officials ensure that they are made as swiftly as possible.

[Peter Lamb]

I thank the Minister for his response. I have several residents who have been waiting almost a year for a refund from the Home Office. Given the dramatic improvements that we have seen in asylum application processing in the last year, can I trust that the Minister will put the same zeal into ensuring that the other Home Office processes work just as efficiently?

Oral Answers to Questions

Peter Lamb Excerpts

Monday 2nd June 2025 Commons Chamber

[Peter Lamb (Crawley) (Lab)]

T3. Crawley is home to the Tinsley House and Brook House immigration removal centres, and their associated scandal. What consideration is being given to the Home Affairs Committee’s inquiry into immigration detention, including ending the use of such centres for indefinite detention?

[The Minister for Border Security and Asylum (Dame Angela Eagle)]

Immigration centres are not used for indefinite detention. We can only keep anyone in detention in an immigration centre if there is a reasonable prospect of their removal. If there is not, they have to be released.