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What information her Department holds on the number of people who have entered Britain illegally in the last three years that have previously been convicted of a crime in another country.
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Awaiting answer.
The Westminster lensArchive · Written questions · 1,393 tabled · 1,379 answered
Written questions by Anderson.
Every parliamentary written question tabled by Lee Anderson this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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Whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of preventing asylum seekers in Home Office supported accommodation from being able to go out into the community freely.
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Awaiting answer.
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What data her department holds on the total cost to the public purse of (a) translation and (b) interpretation for foreign languages with regards to the asylum process.
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Awaiting answer.
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What steps her Department is taking to tackle motorcycle theft in (a) Ashfield constituency and (b) nationwide.
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Through our policing reform programme, we are introducing the most significant changes to policing in nearly 200 years. A central aim of this agenda is to protect and revitalise neighbourhood policing, including by lifting national responsibilities from l...
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What recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of judicial powers in respect of motorcycle theft.
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Through the Crime and Policing Act we have also introduced legislation to ban electronic devices used to steal vehicles. This will empower the police and courts to target the criminals using, manufacturing and supplying them, supporting the changes manufa...
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Whether she is taking steps to increase police powers to address antisocial off-road biking.
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New powers in the Crime and Policing Act 2026 remove the requirement for police to issue a warning before seizing motorcycles and other vehicles used antisocially. In May 2025, the Government launched a consultation on proposals to allow the police to mor...
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What assessment she has made of the adequacy of police powers to seize (a) motorcycles and (b) other vehicles being used antisocially.
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New powers in the Crime and Policing Act 2026 remove the requirement for police to issue a warning before seizing motorcycles and other vehicles used antisocially. In May 2025, the Government launched a consultation on proposals to allow the police to mor...
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What steps she is taking to tackle antisocial biking in towns.
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New powers in the Crime and Policing Act 2026 remove the requirement for police to issue a warning before seizing motorcycles and other vehicles used antisocially. In May 2025, the Government launched a consultation on proposals to allow the police to mor...
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What criteria her department uses when selecting locations for asylum accommodation.
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The Home Office and its accommodation providers continually assess a range of potential accommodation options across the UK to meet statutory duties. Decisions on the use of alternative asylum accommodation sites will be made on a site-by-site basis and c...
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What recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of policing powers in tackling antisocial bikers.
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Tackling anti-social behaviour is a priority for the Government and there is a strong framework of powers in place for police. Police have clear powers to stop and seize any bike for being ridden anti-socially.We have gone further and strengthened these p...
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What recent discussions she has had with the police on tackling the antisocial use of bikers.
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Tackling anti-social behaviour is a priority for the Government and there is a strong framework of powers in place for police. Police have clear powers to stop and seize any bike for being ridden anti-socially.We have gone further and strengthened these p...
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Pursuant to UIN 90924, what recent steps her Department is taking to tackle antisocial nuisance bikers.
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Tackling anti-social behaviour is a priority for the Government and there is a strong framework of powers in place for police. Police have clear powers to stop and seize any bike for being ridden anti-socially.We have gone further and strengthened these p...
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What steps her Department is taking to support local police forces to tackle (a) antisocial drug taking and (b) drug dealing.
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The Government does not tolerate illicit drugs and recognises the harms they cause including drug-related crime. We are taking a whole-system approach to deliver safer streets and address drug-related crime in our communities.We work closely with police f...
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What steps her Department is taking to tackle drug-related crimes.
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The Government does not tolerate illicit drugs and recognises the harms they cause including drug-related crime. We are taking a whole-system approach to deliver safer streets and address drug-related crime in our communities.We work closely with police f...
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What steps her Department is taking to tackle organised drug-dealing.
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The Government does not tolerate illicit drugs and recognises the harms they cause including drug-related crime. We are taking a whole-system approach to deliver safer streets and address drug-related crime in our communities.We work closely with police f...
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What steps her Department is taking to ensure people working as riders for food delivery companies have the right to work in Britain.
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Clamping down on illegal working is a critical part of this Government’s work to restore fairness, order and control within the immigration and asylum system. This includes measures in the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act to ensure companies wh...
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Whether her department has considered the potential merits of increasing the judicial penalty for illegal working in relation to riders for food delivery companies.
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Clamping down on illegal working is a critical part of this government’s work to restore fairness, order and control within the immigration and asylum system. We have changed the law to ensure companies who utilise flexible worker models, as seen in the f...
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What steps her department is taking to increase the rate of (a) detention and (b) deportation for people found to be working illegally as delivery riders in Britain.
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Illegal working undermines honest employers, undercuts local wages, and fuels the criminal industry of immigration crime. This government is determined to clamp down on this illegal activity in every sector; including in the food delivery sector.Since com...
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What steps her Department is taking to increase the number of people employed in Immigration Enforcement.
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Immigration Enforcement is at the heart of the Government’s ambition to maximise the return of foreign criminals and others with no legal basis to remain in the UK, and to restore order and control to our immigration system. Immigration Enforcement have w...
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If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing policing powers to tackle antisocial drug smoking.
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The Government keeps the powers available to local authorities and other partners to tackle anti-social behaviour under regular review. We consider the current framework provides a broad and flexible toolkit to tackle to anti-social drug misuse.It is unla...
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