Written questions by Harding.

What proportion of Chevening scholars from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan have claimed asylum in the United Kingdom following the completion of their scholarships.

The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the number of people claiming asylum where the latest leave held prior to claim was a study visa is published in table Asy_D01a of the ‘Asylum claims and initial decisions datasets’. The number of student entry clearance visas issued is published in table Vis_D02 of the 'Entry clearance visas datasets'.A full Impact Assessment has been published for the Visa Brake policy; see Table 1 for historic volumes of asylum claims linked to visa for the relevant nationalities and routes in scope of the Brake.The requested information on asylum claims from Chevening scholars is not available from published statistics.Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, the resources required to compile the statistics, as well as quality and availability of data. These reviews allow us to balance the production of our regular statistics whilst developing new statistics for future release.

What proportion of cases brought under section 2 of the Football (Offences) Act 1991 have resulted in a conviction since 2020.

This Government is committed to preventing violence and disorder at football matches and works closely with stakeholders including the police and football authorities to ensure the police and courts are empowered to tackle football-related violence and disorder.Section 2 of the Football (Offences) Act 1991 (‘the Act’) creates the offence of missile throwing at designated football matches in England and Wales.Published data on prosecutions and convictions for offences under section 2 of the Act for the last five years are shown in the table below and can be found on GOV.UK here:https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-june-2024Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: June 2024 - GOV.UK Year endingProsecutionsConvictionsJune 20203732June 202177June 20228175June 2023114103June 2024118113 We do not centrally collate data relating to the proportion of cases resulting in a conviction under section 2 of the Act that did not have a recorded (a) injury and (b) victim.We keep all legislation under review, but do not have any plans to reduce the scope of this Act.

What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of section 2 of the Football Offences Act 1991; and whether she plans to reduce the scope of that Act.

This Government is committed to preventing violence and disorder at football matches and works closely with stakeholders including the police and football authorities to ensure the police and courts are empowered to tackle football-related violence and disorder.Section 2 of the Football (Offences) Act 1991 (‘the Act’) creates the offence of missile throwing at designated football matches in England and Wales.Published data on prosecutions and convictions for offences under section 2 of the Act for the last five years are shown in the table below and can be found on GOV.UK here:https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-june-2024Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: June 2024 - GOV.UK Year endingProsecutionsConvictionsJune 20203732June 202177June 20228175June 2023114103June 2024118113 We do not centrally collate data relating to the proportion of cases resulting in a conviction under section 2 of the Act that did not have a recorded (a) injury and (b) victim.We keep all legislation under review, but do not have any plans to reduce the scope of this Act.

What proportion of cases resulting in a conviction under section 2 of the Football (Offences) Act 1991 did not have a recorded (a) injury and (b) victim for each year since 2020.

This Government is committed to preventing violence and disorder at football matches and works closely with stakeholders including the police and football authorities to ensure the police and courts are empowered to tackle football-related violence and disorder.Section 2 of the Football (Offences) Act 1991 (‘the Act’) creates the offence of missile throwing at designated football matches in England and Wales.Published data on prosecutions and convictions for offences under section 2 of the Act for the last five years are shown in the table below and can be found on GOV.UK here:https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-june-2024Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: June 2024 - GOV.UK Year endingProsecutionsConvictionsJune 20203732June 202177June 20228175June 2023114103June 2024118113 We do not centrally collate data relating to the proportion of cases resulting in a conviction under section 2 of the Act that did not have a recorded (a) injury and (b) victim.We keep all legislation under review, but do not have any plans to reduce the scope of this Act.

What discussions she has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) others on section 2 of the Football Offences Act 1991.

This Government is committed to preventing violence and disorder at football matches and works closely with stakeholders including the police and football authorities to ensure the police and courts are empowered to tackle football-related violence and disorder.Section 2 of the Football (Offences) Act 1991 (‘the Act’) creates the offence of missile throwing at designated football matches in England and Wales.Published data on prosecutions and convictions for offences under section 2 of the Act for the last five years are shown in the table below and can be found on GOV.UK here:https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-june-2024Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: June 2024 - GOV.UK Year endingProsecutionsConvictionsJune 20203732June 202177June 20228175June 2023114103June 2024118113 We do not centrally collate data relating to the proportion of cases resulting in a conviction under section 2 of the Act that did not have a recorded (a) injury and (b) victim.We keep all legislation under review, but do not have any plans to reduce the scope of this Act.

How many people have been prosecuted under section 2 of the Football (Offences) Act 1991.

This Government is committed to preventing violence and disorder at football matches and works closely with stakeholders including the police and football authorities to ensure the police and courts are empowered to tackle football-related violence and disorder.Section 2 of the Football (Offences) Act 1991 (‘the Act’) creates the offence of missile throwing at designated football matches in England and Wales.Published data on prosecutions and convictions for offences under section 2 of the Act for the last five years are shown in the table below and can be found on GOV.UK here:https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-june-2024Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: June 2024 - GOV.UK Year endingProsecutionsConvictionsJune 20203732June 202177June 20228175June 2023114103June 2024118113 We do not centrally collate data relating to the proportion of cases resulting in a conviction under section 2 of the Act that did not have a recorded (a) injury and (b) victim.We keep all legislation under review, but do not have any plans to reduce the scope of this Act.