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Written questions by O'Brien.

Every parliamentary written question tabled by Neil O'Brien this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.

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8 Jul 2026·Home Office·Pending
Asked

What proportion of UKVI sponsor-compliance decisions are made via a) desk-based assessments and b) on-site visits.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

8 Jul 2026·Home Office·Pending
Asked

With reference to the UK Visas and Immigration's document entitled Register of licensed sponsors: students, updated on 8 July 2026, how many students were sponsored by each Higher Education Institution listed as a student sponsor in the most recent year for which data is available.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

1 Jul 2026·Home Office·Pending
Asked

What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the 1% capital budget reduction announced in the Defence Investment Plan on her Department's delivery of spending plans; and where those reductions have been allocated, with particular reference to the capital spending in Voted Expenditure on page 80 of the Central Government Supply Estimates 2026/7 in ) Public Safety Group, ii) Asylum Group, iii) Border Force and iv) Homeland Security Group.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

5 Jun 2026·Home Office·Answered
Asked

If she will provide a breakdown of the main reasons that late applications were allowed for Late Applicants to the EU Settlement Scheme who were granted a) settled and b) pre-settled status in the 12

Reply

A breakdown of the main reasons that late applications were allowed for late applicants to the EU Settlement Scheme, who were granted in the past 12 months is not available within published statistics.The information could only be collected and verified f...

1 Jun 2026·Home Office·Answered
Asked

With reference to table EUSS_D01 published as part of the release entitled Immigration system statistics, year ending March 2026, how many applications to the EU Settlement Scheme were made by applica

Reply

The Home Office publishes information on Settlement in the Immigration system statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk), EU Settlement Scheme data tables.Information on how many applications were made by joining family members, by application dat...

1 Jun 2026·Home Office·Answered
Asked

With reference to table EUSS_D01 published as part of the release entitled Immigration system statistics, year ending March 2026, how many applications to the EU Settlement Scheme made by joining fami

Reply

The Home Office publishes information on Settlement in the Immigration system statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk), EU Settlement Scheme data tables.Information on how many applications were made by joining family members, by application dat...

29 May 2026·Home Office·Answered
Asked

With reference to the Answer of 19 February 2024 to Question 13523 on Counter-terrorism: Prisoners, how many referrals were made to the Prevent programme by HM Prison and Probation Service in each fin

Reply

Table 24 of the latest Prevent statistics, and Table 14 of the previous release, show HMPPS referrals to Prevent by type of concern from 2015/16 onwards.

20 May 2026·Home Office·Answered
Asked

Pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2026 to Question 306, what her planned timetable is to (a) tender and (b) agree the replacement Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts and Advice, Issue, Reporting

Reply

For the Asylum Accommodation and Support Contract procurement, market engagement took place throughout 2025, including an industry day on 14 April 2026. Formal procurement is expected later in 2026, with tender documentation anticipated in the second half...

20 May 2026·Home Office·Answered
Asked

How many people with refugee status ceased receiving Home Office asylum support in each of the last 12 months.

Reply

The Home Office has a legal obligation to meet the essential living needs of destitute asylum seekers. Support is usually provided in the form of accommodation and a weekly allowance, which is reviewed each year to ensure it covers essential living needs....

20 May 2026·Home Office·Answered
Asked

How many people aged 18 and over currently hold refugee status in the United Kingdom.

Reply

The Home Office publishes statistics on a quarterly basis. The statistics in relation to asylum decisions can be broken down by age. The latest published statistics, released on 21 May 2026, can be found at: Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV...

13 May 2026·Home Office·Answered
Asked

What recent progress her Department has made on agreeing the Future Asylum Contracts Accommodation.

Reply

The Future Asylum Contract Transformation Project (FACT) is the Project responsible for delivering the replacement Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts (AASC) and Advice, Issue, Reporting and Eligibility (AIRE) contracts to ensure continuous deliver...

13 May 2026·Home Office·Answered
Asked

How many grants of indefinite leave to remain were revoked in January, February and March of this year.

Reply

The Home Office does not publish data on the number of individuals whose indefinite leave to remain has been revoked.

13 May 2026·Home Office·Answered
Asked

How many grants of indefinite leave to remain were revoked in the last twelve months.

Reply

The information requested is not held centrally in an easily accessible form and could only be collated at disproportionate cost.

28 Apr 2026·Home Office·Pending
Asked

How many grants of indefinite leave to remain were revoked in the last twelve months.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

28 Apr 2026·Home Office·Pending
Asked

What recent progress her Department has made on agreeing the Future Asylum Contracts Accommodation.

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Awaiting answer.

28 Apr 2026·Home Office·Pending
Asked

How many grants of indefinite leave to remain were revoked in January, February and March of this year.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

21 Apr 2026·Home Office·Answered
Asked

How many, in each of the last 10 years (a) individuals and (b) organisations were empowered under the Community Safety Accreditation Scheme.

Reply

The Community Safety Accreditation Scheme enables police chief officers to accredit and designate non-police personnel with limited powers to address low level crime. The Home Office does not hold information on the number of accredited individuals or organisations as the responsibility for accreditation, training and the recording of accreditations under the Scheme, rests with the chief officer of the relevant police force.

20 Apr 2026·Home Office·Answered
Asked

How many grants of indefinite leave to remain have been revoked this month

Reply

There were 8 grants of ILR revoked in March and 5 grants of ILR have been revoked in April 2026 to date.

20 Apr 2026·Home Office·Answered
Asked

How many grants of indefinite leave to remain have been revoked and have lapsed in the most recent year or quarter for which data is available.

Reply

The information requested is not available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate costs. Under section 12(1) of the FOIA, the Home Office is not obliged to comply with an information request where to do so would exceed the appropriate limit.

10 Apr 2026·Home Office·Answered
Asked

How many grants of indefinite leave to remain have been revoked and have lapsed in each year since 2004.

Reply

The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate costs. Under section 12(1) of the FOIA, the Home Office is not obliged to comply with an information request where to do so would exceed the appropriate limit.

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