Every parliamentary written question tabled by Rupert Lowe this session, with the full answer and department. Back to the MP page.
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With reference to her Department's contract entitled Refugee Employability Programme - Lot 2 (North East), procurement reference CF-0333500D58000000L5A4EAK, what the total number of service users is.
I refer the Honourable Member to my response to Question 30479 dated 21st February 2025.
Whether any staff in her Department have had their employment terminated due to a failure to declare a conflict of interest when overseeing the granting of contracts in the last ten years.
Current Home Office ministers are not aware of any such cases, but to go back over the department’s disciplinary process for the last decade to see if any such situation has featured in a termination case could only be done for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
How much funding her Department has provided to local authorities for the provision of refugee and asylum services in each of the last five years.
The Home Office publishes information on asylum and refugee expenditure on a regular basis in the Home Office Annual Report, available on gov.uk.
How many contracts awarded to outside companies for the provision of services related to (a) refugees and (b) asylum have gone over budget in the last ten years.
The Home Office applies robust controls to the management of expenditure and performance in relation to all departmental contracts, including publishing on a quarterly basis the rating of the most important contracts against key performance indicators.The specific information requested regarding a particular category of contracts is not centrally held, and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
With reference to her Department's contract entitled Refugee Employability Programme, procurement reference CF-0276700D58000000L5A4EAK, what the total number of service users is.
I refer the Honourable Member to my response to Question 30479 dated 21st February 2025.
With reference to her Department's contract entitled Refugee Employability Programme - Lot 8 (South West), procurement reference CF-0334500D58000000L5A4EAK, what the total number of service users is.
I refer the Honourable Member to my response to Question 30479 dated 21st February 2025.
How many and what proportion of deportations for involvement in grooming gangs did not take place due to the individual renouncing non-UK citizenship.
I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer he was given on 28 January to Question UIN 25838.
What information his Department holds on the number of deported foreign national offenders that have illegally re-entered the UK in the last 12 months.
A deportation order requires a person to leave the UK and prohibits them from lawfully entering the UK while it remains in force. The Home Office does not hold the requested data given that – by definition – anyone we know to be trying to enter the UK illegally will be refused entry.
If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing lifetime entry bans for deported foreign national offenders.
A deportation order requires a person to leave the UK and prohibits them from lawfully entering the UK while it remains in force. The Home Office does not hold the requested data given that – by definition – anyone we know to be trying to enter the UK illegally will be refused entry.
If she will provide a list of countries which have refused to accept the return of foreign national offenders from the UK.
The Home Office does not hold any such list. The UK has strong returns cooperation with countries across the globe and continuing to build on this cooperation is at the heart of our diplomatic engagement.
How many and what proportion of deportations did not take place due to the individual renouncing non-UK citizenship in each of the last five years.
I refer the Honourable Member to the answer he was given on 28 January to question UIN 25838.
What is the current backlog of deportation cases; and what estimate she has made of how long the average case takes.
I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer given on 6 March to Question UIN 34052.
How many and what proportion of Foreign National Offenders are eligible for deportation.
I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer given on 6 March to Question UIN 34052.
What steps she has taken to ensure timely information sharing between prison authorities and immigration enforcement agencies.
The sharing of information between the Home Office and HMPPS is essential to carry out the effective operation of the immigration and justice systems.Foreign national offenders (FNOs) are referred to the Home Office for deportation immediately following sentencing by HM Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS).The Home Office has Immigration Prison Teams (IPTs), whose officers are based in prisons and meet regularly with Offender Management Units to discuss and share information about FNOs. In addition, HMPPS have also recently announced a 12-month pilot to ringfence FNO Liaison Officers in roles designed to speed up FNO removals.The Home Office continues to work closely with HMPPS to maximise removals directly from prison. Between 5 July 2024 and 31 January 2025, 1,557 ERS returns have taken place, which is a 26% increase compared to 1,231 in the same period 12 months prior.
With reference to her Department's press release entitled Foreign criminals to be deported quicker, published on 3 March 2025, what steps she plans to take to mitigate potential challenges in deporting FNOs who originate from (a) countries with unstable political situations and (b) countries that lack repatriation agreements with the UK.
The Government is committed to delivering justice for victims and safer streets for our communities. In the event that a foreign national is found guilty of a crime, we will take strong action against them in the interests of public safety and protection. Any foreign national who is convicted of a crime and given a prison sentence is considered for deportation at the earliest opportunity, and where there are barriers that delay us from enforcing those deportations, we will always do our upmost to overcome them.
If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of raising the illegal working civil penalties to employers found to be hiring illegal migrants.
The civil penalties were recently raised in February 2024 to £45,000 per illegal worker for a first breach from £15,000, and up to £60,000 for repeat breaches from £20,000.
If she will make an estimate of the cost of the public purse of all illegal migrants per migrant per year, excluding asylum seekers.
Relevant data concerning Home Office expenditure on tackling illegal immigration is published on a routine basis in the Department's annual reports.
How many and what proportion of people who arrived on small boats and have had their asylum application refused have not been deported.
Available data on returns of failed asylum seekers, including those who arrive by small boat, is published on a quarterly basis by the Home Office. The latest data goes to the end of December 2024.
How many and what proportion of people who arrived in the UK on small boats who have withdrawn their asylum claims remain in the UK.
Available data on returns of failed asylum seekers, including those who arrive by small boat, is published on a quarterly basis by the Home Office. The latest data goes to the end of December 2024.
How many users there are of the Homes for Ukraine scheme by nationality.
The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas for the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme by nationality in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the outcomes of visas are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance dataset. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. Data is up to the end of 2024.