Asked by: Philip Hollobone (Conservative - Kettering)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims on the basis of modern slavery were made by migrants (a) from Albania, (b) from Eritrea and (c) in total who crossed the English Channel in small boats in 2022.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The next quarterly statistics release on irregular migration to the UK, published on 23 February, will include data on modern slavery claims from small boats arrivals.
New measures to strengthen our National Referral Mechanism against misuse came into force last week. New legislation will ensure we only support genuine victims; not those who seek to abuse our laws to stop their removal.
In the first three quarters of 2022 (Jan to Sept) the number of NRM referrals for potential victims of modern slavery for certain nationalities were:
3,432 Albanian
897 Eritrean
In the first two quarters of 2022 (Jan to June) based on FOI data obtained by Migration Watch UK, there were 1,156 individuals who crossed the channel who made NRM referrals.
Asked by: Philip Hollobone (Conservative - Kettering)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate the Government has made of the number of illegal seaborne migrants that have crossed the Short Straits (a) from 1 October to 31 December 2018, (b) from 1 January to 31 March 2019 and (c) since 1 April 2019.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The Permanent Secretary’s letter to the Home Affairs Select Committee on small boat attempts up to and including February 2019 can be found here:
The data since February is currently being reconciled to ensure accuracy. No decision has been taken on mode or frequency of any future publication of this data.
Asked by: Philip Hollobone (Conservative - Kettering)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders have been repatriated under the early removal scheme by country since 2010.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The Home Office publishes quarterly statistics on the number of Foreign Na-tional Offenders (FNO) that have been removed from the UK under the Early Removal Scheme. This information can be found by accessing the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-november-2018
The Home Office does not routinely disclose country specific information re-garding the deportation of FNOs as its disclosure could prejudice relations between the UK and foreign governments.
Asked by: Philip Hollobone (Conservative - Kettering)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will support the granting of observer status to Taiwan at the 87th Interpol General Assembly in Dubai from 18 to 21 November 2018.
Answered by Nick Hurd
INTERPOL is an international police organisation which has a crucial role in ensuring co-operation on matters of international criminality.
The British Government continues to hold the view that the people of Taiwan have a meaningful contribution to make towards global issues such as organised crime. The UK has not made any representations to secure Taiwan’s observer status at INTERPOL this year. However, government officials are discussing this issue with international partners.
Asked by: Philip Hollobone (Conservative - Kettering)
Question to the Home Office:
What plans his Department has to change passport control procedures at ports and airports in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The Government remains of the view that a deal between the UK and the EU is in the best interests of both sides, and we are continuing to work to reach an agreement.
At the same time, we are obviously taking a responsible approach and are preparing plans for all outcomes.
Asked by: Philip Hollobone (Conservative - Kettering)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will proscribe the political wing of Hezbollah.
Answered by Ben Wallace
I refer my Hon. Friend to the answer given to the Hon. Member for East Renfrewshire on 28 June 2017, UIN 556.
Asked by: Philip Hollobone (Conservative - Kettering)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the differences are in entry clearance requirements of visitors to the UK from (a) Israel and (b) the occupied Palestinian territories.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
All non EEA Visitors to the UK are assessed against the requirements set out in appendix V of the Immigration Rules. These are the same for all regardless of nationality.
Asked by: Philip Hollobone (Conservative - Kettering)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for entry clearance visas were (a) made, (b) resolved, (c) issued, (d) refused and (e) lapsed for (i) the occupied Palestinian territories and (ii) Israel in the last year for which figures are available.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The latest available information is given in the table below.
Entry clearance visa applications resolved, granted, refused, lapsed and withdrawn: Year ending June 2016 |
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Israel | 1,097 | 1,094 | 967 | 88% | 118 | 11% | 9 | 0 |
Occupied Palestinian Territories | 4,742 | 4,694 | 2,774 | 59% | 1,863 | 40% | 57 | 0 |
Table notes: Figures include visitor visas and transit visas. |
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Israeli nationals are not required to apply for a visa if coming to the UK as tourists or visitors. Palestinians will be required to apply for visas for all applications to enter the UK. |
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The latest quarterly Home Office immigration statistics on entry clearance visas are published in ‘Immigration Statistics, April - June 2016’, available from the Home Office website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics
Asked by: Philip Hollobone (Conservative - Kettering)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers wear body-worn cameras in (a) Northamptonshire and (b) England.
Answered by Mike Penning
We know that the majority of forces in England and Wales use Body Worn Video (BWV) to some extent.
However the deployment of BWV is an operational decision for chief officers and the Home Office does not hold information on how many officers are equipped with BWV
Asked by: Philip Hollobone (Conservative - Kettering)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2015 to Question 15757, what proportion of clandestine illegal entry attempts in 2014-15 were intercepted by the (a) French authorities and (b) UK authorities.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The UK Government does not release statistics that could prejudice the security of the UK borders.