Written questions by Tice.

How many individuals have been granted indefinite leave to remain in each of the last five years, broken down by the individual's (a) occupation and (b) employment sector.

The Home Office publishes data on Settlement by country of nationality and by visa category in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Visa Category relates to type of leave held immediately prior to being granted settlement.The published statistics can be found in the Settlement data tables. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relate to 2024 Q2.

How many individuals have been granted indefinite leave to remain in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) visa category and (b) country of origin.

The Home Office publishes data on Settlement by country of nationality and by visa category in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Visa Category relates to type of leave held immediately prior to being granted settlement.The published statistics can be found in the Settlement data tables. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relate to 2024 Q2.

How much was spent on (a) housing and (b) supporting individuals who entered the United Kingdom illegally in each of the last five years.

Overall asylum support costs are published in the Home Office’s Annual Report and Accounts, which is available through the following link:Home Office annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)Data for Financial Year for 2024-25 will be published following the end of the financial year and once the accounts have been laid before Parliament.

What data her Department holds on the staff time taken to (a) record and (b) investigate (i) non-crime hate incidents and (ii) suspected criminal offences in each of the last five years; what the cost of that work was; and what proportion of total (A) spending and (B) staff time was spent on such work.

The Home Office holds data on notifiable crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales including the date when they were recorded and the date when a resulting investigation has been closed.This data is routinely published as official statistics.The Home Office does not currently hold or collate information on the number of non-crime hate incidents recorded by police forces.

If she will take steps to ensure that illegal entrants to the United Kingdom are (a) detained and (b) promptly removed; and how many and what proportion of those illegal entrants have been (i) detained and (ii) removed in each of the last five years.

Data on how many people are in immigration detention and how many people have been removed in each of the last five years is available up to year ending June 2024, and can be found within the Returns and Detention data tables at, https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-june-2024/how-many-people-are-detained-or-returned#data-tables.

How many violent crimes committed by non-UK citizens were reported in each of the last 3 years, broken down by police district; and what proportion of these cases resulted in (a) an arrest, (b) a charge and (c) a conviction.

The Home Office collects information on the number of violent offences recorded by the police in England and Wales. It is not possible to identify from these data whether an offence was committed by a non-UK citizen or not.

What assessment she has made of the potential impact of illegal immigration on (a) local law enforcement and (b) levels of police (i) funding and (ii) manpower required to tackle illegal entry-related cases.

This Government recognises that irregular migration is too high and that is why we are committed to restoring order to the system so that it is faster, fairer, and the rules are properly enforced.Other Border Security partners, including Border Force, Immigration Enforcement and the National Crime Agency, lead on tackling illegal migration. As such, no specific assessment is made regarding the impact illegal migration has on law enforcement.

How many people that entered the UK illegally and were subsequently convicted of a criminal offense have been deported in each of the last three years; and what steps she is taking to expedite the deportation of foreign nationals with criminal records.

The information requested is not available from published statistics.Any foreign national who is convicted of a crime in the UK and given a prison sentence is considered for deportation at the earliest opportunity. Where a person’s criminality does not meet the threshold for deportation, consideration is given to administrative removal.Statistics on the returns of foreign national offenders (FNOs) by nationality and year are published on a quarterly basis. These returns are published in the Returns Detailed Datasets, Year Ending June 2024, which are available at: Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).The published statistics include deportations, as well as cases where a person has breached UK immigration laws, and those removed under other administrative and illegal entry powers that have declined to leave voluntarily.Figures on deportations, which are a subset of enforced returns, are not separately available.We have already begun delivering a major surge in immigration enforcement and returns activity to remove people with no right to be in the UK and ensure the rules are respected and enforced.

What recent estimate she has made of the number of people in the UK that have overstayed their visas; if she will make an estimate of the percentage of people in the UK that have overstayed their visas that have been (a) located and (b) deported in the last year; and what further steps she plans to take to (i) track and (ii) enforce compliance among visa holders.

As set out in legislation, an individual is liable to removal from the UK if "the person requires leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom but does not have it". The Home Office does not routinely categorise immigration offenders by the manner in which they became irregular, and to do so could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.We have already begun delivering a major surge in immigration enforcement and returns activity to remove people with no right to be in the UK and ensure the rules are respected and enforced, with 9,400 people returned from 5 July to 28 October 2024.Further data on returns activity is published quarterly and can be found on gov.uk at Immigration system statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What her current budget is for (a) processing illegal immigration cases, (b) managing legal appeals to such cases and (c) deportation operations; and what steps she is taking to increase efficiency in the (i) allocation and (ii) use of this funding.

The Home Office publishes relevant information regarding departmental expenditure on the asylum and immigration systems on a regular basis in its annual reports, the most recent editions of which can be found at the following link: Home Office Annual Report and Accounts 2023 to 2024 (publishing.service.gov.uk).

What assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of Public Space Protection Orders in reducing antisocial behaviours; and what the evidential basis of that assessment is.

The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides the police, local authorities and other local agencies with a range of tools and powers, including Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPO) that they can use to respond to anti-social behaviour.In November 2023, the Home Office published a report on GOV.UK which looked at police perceptions of powers within the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, which can be found on the GOV.UK website.It is for local authorities to decide how best to effectively implement PSPOs depending on the specific circumstances. They are best placed to understand what is driving the behaviour in question, the impact that it is having, and to determine the most appropriate response.The Government recently announced Respect Orders, which will be introduced in the forthcoming Crime and Policing Bill. Respect Orders can be applied for by police and local councils and are issued by the courts. They will enable courts to place wide-ranging restrictions on the behaviour of the most persistent and disruptive ASB offenders. They will include a power of arrest for any suspected breach, meaning officers can take action quickly to disrupt ongoing ASB. Breach will be a criminal offence, which is heard in the criminal courts with a wide range of sentencing options, including community orders, unlimited fines and, for the most severe cases, up to two years’ imprisonment.

What steps her Department is taking to (a) prevent illegal immigration and (b) reduce the number of asylum claims from individuals coming from safe countries.

Since entering office, we have already launched the Border Security Command (BSC), led by Martin Hewitt, to strengthen our approach to prevent illegal migration. This will be backed with up to £75 million in new investment to build capability, taking the fight to criminals in Europe and beyond and directly targeting the criminal gangs behind small boat crossings.The BSC will provide strategic direction across several agencies and partners, drawing together the work across the border security system. It will also work with international partners to disrupt the activity of criminal smuggling gangs and ensure those profiting from people-smuggling are brought to justice.As set out in the King’s speech, this government will introduce new legislative measures to restore order to our border.The proposed new legislation will include provisions to give the border security system stronger powers to disrupt, investigate and prosecute facilitators of organised immigration crime.

What recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the UK’s points-based immigration system in (a) reducing net migration and (b) attracting high-skilled workers.

The Government is determined to bring down historically-high levels of legal migration and tackle the root causes behind it. To succeed in reducing net migration, we need to reduce our economy’s reliance on overseas workers. That is why the Government is setting out a new approach, linking migration, skills and labour market policies to build a sustainable workforce for the future. In the Home Secretary’s written ministerial statement on 30 July 2024, she confirmed the Government supported the changes made as part of the net migration package announced by the previous Government and will continue to implement them.The Government keeps all policies under review and regularly publishes Impact Assessments, including on 27 September 2024 publishing those related to the net migration package, as well as monthly migration statistics.

What steps she is taking to ensure the adequacy of border checks in the context of criminality rules for applications for entry clearance; and what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of border security measures.

Arriving passengers are examined by Border Force and checked against Home Office systems before being allowed into the UK. The system is used by Home Office staff for the purposes of national security and the detection and prevention of crime. It is longstanding policy not to discuss either the specific data held; the source of the data, nor how it is used, as to do so would be counterproductive and not in the public interest.We have been clear that we will strengthen our border security. Resources are being redeployed to go after the organised criminal gangs who undermine our border security and put lives at risk in small boats. Our new Border Security Command will strengthen our global partnerships and enhance our efforts to investigate, arrest, and prosecute those who are facilitating the small boat crossings. The threats we face span geographic boundaries, and we will work closer with international partners, further developing the positive relationships already built by this Government.