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Bill Documents
26 Apr 2024 - Amendment Paper
HL Bill 57-III Third marshalled list for Report
Victims and Prisoners Bill 2022-23

Found: (d) persons exercising any function of the Secretary of State in relation to immigration, asylum


Written Question
Asylum: Afghanistan
Friday 26th April 2024

Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan people are awaiting an initial decision on their asylum application as of 18 April 2024.

Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)

The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on asylum applications awaiting an initial decision by nationality are published in table Asy_D03 of the ‘Asylum applications awaiting an initial decision detailed datasets’. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to 31 December 2023. Data as at 31 March 2024 will be published on 23 May 2024.

Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’.


Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department for Education

Apr. 25 2024

Source Page: Evaluation of virtual school heads (VSHs)
Document: (PDF)

Found: Delays in assessments and, mostly, in the schools receiving reports that were needed for the EHCP applications


Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Home Office

Apr. 25 2024

Source Page: Agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Rwanda
Document: (PDF)

Found: Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Rwanda for the provision of an asylum


Deposited Papers
Northern Ireland Office

Apr. 25 2024

Source Page: I. Summary of the decisions taken during October 2023 by Northern Ireland departments in accordance with the guidance issued under the provisions of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2022. 9p. II. Letter dated 19/04/2024 from Chris Heaton-Harris MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding a document for deposit in the House libraries. 1p.
Document: October_2023_summary_report.pdf (PDF)

Found: A decision was taken that applications for Stalking Protection Orders and Domestic Abuse Protection


Written Question
Asylum: Rwanda
Thursday 25th April 2024

Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to remarks made by the Prime Minister on 22 April 2024 on the UK-Rwanda treaty, what assessment he has made of how many asylum claims made by individuals relocated to Rwanda can be decided per week under the current capacity of decision makers.

Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)

The necessary decision makers in Rwanda will be trained and ready to make decisions on applications in preparation for the first individuals being relocated.


Written Question
Asylum: Rwanda
Thursday 25th April 2024

Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum decision makers have completed training to assess applications from individuals deported to Rwanda under the UK-Rwanda Treaty.

Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)

The necessary decision makers in Rwanda will be trained and ready to make decisions on applications in preparation for the first individuals being relocated.


Commons Chamber
Renters (Reform) Bill
Report stage - Wed 24 Apr 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Natalie Elphicke (Con - Dover) we know that the majority of evictions take place when notices are given to the tenant without court applications - Speech Link
2: None Minister, who has been very collaborative in his comments, that we have seen with the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum - Speech Link
3: None In other rent repayment applications, proving the offence is much more straightforward: for example, - Speech Link


Select Committee
Twenty-Eighth Report - Student loans issued to those studying at franchised higher education providers

Report Apr. 24 2024

Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: However, there were instances where OfS had not approved providers’ applications to become registered


Select Committee
Letter from the Mike Freer MP, Minister for Courts and Legal Services, dated 22 April 2024 relating to the Civil and Family Proceedings Fees (Amendment) Order 2024

Correspondence Apr. 23 2024

Committee: Justice Committee (Department: Ministry of Justice)

Found: This correlate s with the approach taken to bail applications in immigration detention matters more