Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Steve Barclay and Damian Green

Monday 12th September 2011 Commons Chamber

[Damian Green]

The hon. Lady makes an important point. I assume that she is talking about refugees who have already been all the way through the system. Obviously, while people are applying for asylum or for refugee status, our checks have to be more robust than they have been in the past so that we can be absolutely sure that those who benefit from refugee status are those who need Britain’s protection, which we have always traditionally given and are happy to give. I will look into the details of the case that she has raised.

[Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire) (Con)]

6. What estimate her Department has made of the potential for savings to the public purse through back-office efficiencies within police forces.