Written questions by Hayes.

Whether her Department uses AI to help verify the age of migrants that arrive in the UK.

Awaiting answer.

How many agency staff were employed by her Department in each of the last five years.

Awaiting answer.

How many immigration enforcement officers have left their roles since July 2024.

Awaiting answer.

Other than special advisers if her Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service since July 2024.

Awaiting answer.

Whether her Department has made a recent estimate of the number of people in the UK who have dual citizenship.

Awaiting answer.

What quantity of ketamine has been seized at the UK border in each of the last ten years.

Awaiting answer.

What steps her Department is taking to help increase levels of (a) recruitment and (b) retention of neighbourhood police officers in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.

Awaiting answer.

How many political appointees have been made by her Department since July 2024.

Awaiting answer.

How many people were detained for attempting to enter Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland illegally in each of the past five years.

As part of the Common Travel Area (CTA) arrangements, the UK does not operate routine immigration controls on journeys from Ireland to the UK, with no immigration checks being undertaken on the Ireland-Northern Ireland land border.The UK does however carr...

Whether her Department has hired external public relations consultants since July 2024.

Home Office Communications Directorate holds contracts with a roster of specialist communications agencies, which currently includes Public Relations. These contracts are utilised to deliver communications campaigns in support of the Home Secretary’s prio...

What recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of dangerous driving offences in Lincolnshire.

The Home Office holds information on the number of offences recorded by the police that were classified as death or serious injury - unlawful driving. Lincolnshire Police recorded 23 offences in this category in the year ending December 2025, an increase ...

If her Department permits civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis.

The Home Office has a clear policy on International Remote Working (IRW), which is only permitted in very limited circumstances, either on compassionate grounds for up to four weeks where an employee has a seriously ill relative abroad, or to enable an em...

Whether her Department uses AI tools to help determine asylum decisions.

The Home Office is investing in innovative techniques, including AI, to explore how we can improve productivity and continue to maintain order in the asylum system. AI technology does not make decisions on Asylum applications, instead, it helps analyse da...

Whether her Department permits (1) Ministers, (2) Special advisers and (3) officials to use (a) Chat GPT, (b) Google Gemini, (c) Claude, (d) Deepseek and (e) Grok as part of their official duties.

The Government is committed to harnessing the benefits of artificial intelligence to improve the productivity of the Civil Service and the quality of public services.Departments provide officials, Ministers and special advisers with access to secure, ente...

How many people have been refused Electronic Travel Authorisation on the basis that their presence may not be conducive to the public good since 2024.

Between 1 January 2024 and 11 June 2026, 2,640 people have been refused an Electronic Travel Authorisation on the basis that their presence in the United Kingdom is not conducive to the public good.

When her Department will announce details of a licensing scheme for existing crossbow owners.

The Government response to the call for evidence on crossbow controls conducted by the Home Office from 14 February to 9 April 2024 was published on 19 March this year. This set out the Government’s intention to introduce a new licensing scheme for existi...

When her Department plans to undertake a consultation on banning the sale of crossbows.

The Government response to the call for evidence on crossbow controls conducted by the Home Office from 14 February to 9 April 2024 was published on 19 March this year. This set out the Government’s intention to introduce a new licensing scheme for existi...

How much her Department has spent on advertising on podcasts in each of the last three years.

This information is not held in the requested format.

What steps her Department is taking to ensure that the identities of those convicted of animal abuse are available to the police when responding to call outs relating to domestic abuse.

The Home Office ensures that police officers have access to comprehensive and up-to-date information for operational use.The Police National Computer (PNC) and the Law Enforcement Data Service (LEDS) hold core operational data on individuals, including re...

How many people have been denied refugee status since 2023 as a result of being on the sex offenders register.

The Home Office estimates that the cost of locating, collating and extracting the information you have requested on individuals denied refugee status since 2023 because of them being convicted of a sexual offence with a notification requirement would exce...