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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What estimate her Department has made of the number of irregular migrants in the UK.
By its very nature, it is not possible to know the exact size of the irregular migrant population. In June 2019, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published a note on ‘measuring illegal migration’.The Home Office does publish statistics on detected irregular arrivals to the UK as part of the ‘Irregular migration to the UK’ quarterly statistics release.
What steps she is taking to ensure that foreign nationals do not stay in the UK beyond their visa expiry date.
It is the responsibility of foreign nationals to ensure they are compliant with the terms of their visa. However, we have a range of measures in place to ensure that those who do not comply with their visa conditions are unable to access benefits and services in the UK. We will enforce the return of foreign nationals who overstay their visa. A person who overstays their permission to stay in the UK is liable to be removed under section 10 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 if they do not depart voluntarily.
What steps her Department is taking to ensure that police officers are able to effectively engage with all communities.
Police forces that reflect the communities they serve are crucial to maintaining public trust and confidence in a modern diverse society, and the police workforce is now more representative than it has ever been.The Home Secretary has also made a clear commitment to strengthen neighbourhood policing through the introduction of a Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee, which includes the addition of thousands more neighbourhood police personnel, as part of the Government’s Safer Streets mission.
Whether her Department holds data on where foreign nationals released from prison reside.
We are committed to delivering justice for victims and safer streets for our communities.Any foreign national offender (FNOs) convicted of a crime who receives a custodial sentence in the UK is referred to the Home Office for deportation consideration following sentencing. We are focussing resource on those cases currently serving custodial sentences and maximising removals directly from prison.Where removal is not immediately possible, electronic monitoring can be used to manage foreign national offenders in the community. Electronic monitoring allows for more effective contact management of individuals, enabling us to manage and correct behaviours so that they comply with their immigration bail conditions until they are removedWe will pursue deportation action against individuals living in the community rigorously, actively monitoring and managing cases through the legal process and negotiating barriers to removal.
Whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of leaving the European Convention on Human Rights on her Department's ability to deport foreign national offenders.
This Government is unequivocally committed to the European Convention on Human Rights.
How many and what proportion of foreign nationals sentenced to a period of imprisonment of at least 12 months have been deported in each of the last five years; and what mitigating factors the Foreign National Offenders Returns Command considers when determining whether deportation based on criminality is appropriate.
The Home Office publishes statistics on the returns of foreign national offenders by nationality and year. 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 refer to enforced returns which 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 Under the UK Borders Act 2007, a deportation order must be made where a foreign national has been convicted of an offence and received a custodial sentence of 12 months or more. This is subject to several exceptions, including where to do so would breach a person’s ECHR rights or the UK’s obligations under the Refugee Convention.Section 7 of the Immigration Act 1971 provides an exemption from deportation for Commonwealth citizens who were ordinarily resident in the UK on 1 January 1973 and ordinarily resident in the five-year period before the decision to make a deportation order. Those who can establish that they meet this exemption will not be liable to deportation and so will not be deported.A foreign national offender is given the opportunity to make submissions as to why they should not be deported and all claims raised are fully considered and decided upon before deportation, including, where applicable, via the Courts.
How many people have been deported by country of destination on each day this year.
The Home Office publishes data on individuals who are returned from the UK as a part of the “Immigrations Systems Statistics Quarterly Release”. The total number of enforced returns of individuals by destination can be found in table Ret_D02 of the “returns detailed datasets”. The Home Office publishes this data quarterly, with the latest data up to the end of June 2024. Data for July to September 2024 will be published in November 2024. The Home Office does not publish daily returns of individuals.Deportations are a specific subset of enforced returns which are enforced either following a criminal conviction or when it is judged that a person’s removal from the UK is conducive to the public good. The deportation order prohibits the person returning to the UK until such time as it may be revoked. The Home office publishes data on enforced returns but not deportations.
How many irregular migrants that have arrived by small boat have been granted asylum in each of the last five years.
The Home Office publishes statistics on detected small boat arrivals to the UK in the ‘Irregular migration to the UK statistics’ release. Data on initial decisions on asylum applications from small boat arrivals, including the number granted, is published in table Irr_D03 of the ‘Irregular migration to the UK detailed datasets’ with the latest data up to the end of June 2024. Data for July to September 2024 will be published in November 2024.
If she will publish a constituency level breakdown of where all irregular migrants are being housed including accommodation type.
Data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation, by local authority and accommodation type, can be found within the Asy_D11 tab for our most recent stats release: Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab).The Government is determined to restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, firmly and fairly. This includes identifying a range of options to reduce the use of hotels over time and ensuring efficiency and value for money across all accommodation arrangements.