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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is an operation within her Department named ‘Operation Mosswood’.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is an operation within her Department named ‘Operation Mosswood’.
For reasons of operational security, the Home Office does not comment on the existence of specific operational activity or operational names. Decisions on the disclosure of operational information are made with regard to the safety and security of staff, partners and ongoing operational activities.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many criminal cases have been prosecuted with a "terrorism connection" under the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act in 2024, 2025, and 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many criminal cases have been prosecuted with a "terrorism connection" under the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act in 2024, 2025, and 2026.
The Home Office publishes official statistics on terrorism-related court outcomes in the quarterly statistical release Operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 and subsequent legislation. This includes data on the number of persons proceeded against by the Crown Prosecution Service for terrorism-related offences, by offence, and the number convicted, by offence. The published tables also distinguish between offences under terrorism legislation and offences under non-terrorism legislation where the offence is considered terrorism-related. The latest statistical release is available for the year ending December 2025: Operation of police powers under TACT 2000, to December 2025 - GOV.UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide a list of the criminal charges which have been prosecuted with a "terrorism connection" under the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act in 2024, 2025, and 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide a list of the criminal charges which have been prosecuted with a "terrorism connection" under the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act in 2024, 2025, and 2026.
The Home Office publishes official statistics on terrorism-related court outcomes in the quarterly statistical release Operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 and subsequent legislation. This includes data on the number of persons proceeded against by the Crown Prosecution Service for terrorism-related offences, by offence, and the number convicted, by offence. The published tables also distinguish between offences under terrorism legislation and offences under non-terrorism legislation where the offence is considered terrorism-related. The latest statistical release is available for the year ending December 2025: Operation of police powers under TACT 2000, to December 2025 - GOV.UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in the application of the new asylum assessment rules under the Nationality and Borders Act 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in the application of the new asylum assessment rules under the Nationality and Borders Act 2022.
This Government is committed to advancing the rights of individuals who are LGBT. The welfare and dignity of all claimants, including those who are LGBT, remains central to our decision-making processes.
One of the key objectives of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 is to increase the fairness and efficacy of our asylum system so that we can better protect and support those in genuine need of asylum. In September 2021, we published an Equality Impact Assessment for the policies being taken forward through the then Bill which included an assessment on potential impacts on people who may face persecution because of the protected characteristics of sex, sexual orientation and gender reassignment.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for Refugee Family Reunion (under Part 11 Immigration Rules) have resulted in the granting of entry clearance to children under 18 and the refusal of entry clearance to female children over 18 from the same family (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for Refugee Family Reunion (under Part 11 Immigration Rules) have resulted in the granting of entry clearance to children under 18 and the refusal of entry clearance to female children over 18 from the same family (a)...
The Home Office is able to provide some of the information requested, but is unable to provide information on which applications are from members of the same family, as to obtain this would incur disproportionate cost.
The numbers of family reunion visas issued & refused in total and broken down by age group, gender and the specific nationalities requested is set out in the table below.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of landlord immigration checks on non-EEA residents trying to rent, who have entered the UK on temporary documents and are waiting for a biometric residence permit.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of landlord immigration checks on non-EEA residents trying to rent, who have entered the UK on temporary documents and are waiting for a biometric residence permit.
People with no right to be in the UK should not be able to rent homes and place people who are here legally at a disadvantage.
That is why the Immigration Act 2014 introduced landlords' right to rent checks. The first phase of the landlords’ scheme, which was launched in the Cities of Birmingham and Wolverhampton and the Metropolitan Boroughs of Sandwell, Dudley, and Walsall on 1 December 2014, is currently being evaluated.
The regulations enable migrants to demonstrate evidence of their right to rent a property using a range of specified documentation, and the Home Office is providing a responsive checking service for landlords to confirm a person’s right to rent where the individual has an outstanding immigration application or appeal.
People issued with a 30 day visa to enter the UK in advance of collecting their biometric residence permit will be able to evidence their right to rent using their short term visa, and the landlord will then need to conduct a follow-up check after 12 months, at which point the migrant will be able to evidence any continued lawful immigration status using their biometric residence permit (BRP).
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of landlord immigration checks in the private rented sector on landlords' willingness to rent.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of landlord immigration checks in the private rented sector on landlords' willingness to rent.
People with no right to be in the UK should not be able to rent homes and place people who are here legally at a disadvantage.
That is why the Immigration Act 2014 introduced landlords' right to rent checks. The first phase of the landlords’ scheme, which was launched in the Cities of Birmingham and Wolverhampton and the Metropolitan Boroughs of Sandwell, Dudley, and Walsall on 1 December 2014, is currently being evaluated.
The regulations enable migrants to demonstrate evidence of their right to rent a property using a range of specified documentation, and the Home Office is providing a responsive checking service for landlords to confirm a person’s right to rent where the individual has an outstanding immigration application or appeal.
People issued with a 30 day visa to enter the UK in advance of collecting their biometric residence permit will be able to evidence their right to rent using their short term visa, and the landlord will then need to conduct a follow-up check after 12 months, at which point the migrant will be able to evidence any continued lawful immigration status using their biometric residence permit (BRP).
Will the Minister think again about this whole policy? It is cruel on children who are denied the right to live with their parents, contrary to the principles of the conventions on human rights, and really not necessary. Its only effect is that of hurting the very people who should not be hurt because of it.
Will the Minister think again about this whole policy? It is cruel on children who are denied the right to live with their parents, contrary to the principles of the conventions on human rights, and really not necessary. Its only effect is that of hurting the very people who should not be hurt because of it.
While ensuring sufficient resources so that those arriving are supported at reasonable levels, the minimum income threshold is also intended to ensure that family migrants can participate sufficiently in every-day life to facilitate their integration into British society. That is one of the fundamental purposes of the policy, and I think that is right.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on which occasions the Ethiopian government requested the return of Mr Andargachew Tsige to its jurisdiction since 2004; and what response was given to those requests.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on which occasions the Ethiopian government requested the return of Mr Andargachew Tsige to its jurisdiction since 2004; and what response was given to those requests.
As a matter of long standing policy and practice, the United Kingdom will neither confirm nor deny the existence of an extradition request made or received by this country before an arrest is made pursuant to the request.
Will the Minister join me in congratulating the many voluntary organisations that stand up against racism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia? Does he agree that we all have a duty to stand up against all such forms of racism and extremism, as well as against those far right extremists who are promoting racism within our society at the present time?
Will the Minister join me in congratulating the many voluntary organisations that stand up against racism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia? Does he agree that we all have a duty to stand up against all such forms of racism and extremism, as well as against those far right extremists who are promoting racism within our society at the present time?
I absolutely endorse the hon. Gentleman’s comments about the responsibility that we all have to stand up against extremism and racism at a time when we are seeing anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. He is absolutely right to underline that call. Our work on Channel, which is about counter-radicalisation, focuses on all forms that might lead to terrorism, and some of the references that come through our Channel referral programme are indeed from the far right. That is why we take an all-embracing approach to our work.
In 2010 the House passed the Equality Act, which required the Department to undertake research into discrimination by caste and descent in the UK. Such discrimination has been proved by the research, but no regulation has yet been introduced and, as I understand it, the Department is consulting for a further two years or more in order to avoid placing regulations before the House. Will the Home Secretary give an undertaking that those regulations will be brought forward to outlaw this form of discrimination in this country?
In 2010 the House passed the Equality Act, which required the Department to undertake research into discrimination by caste and descent in the UK. Such discrimination has been proved by the research, but no regulation has yet been introduced and, as I understand it, the Department is consulting for a further two years or more in order to avoid placing regulations before the House. Will the Home Secretary give an undertaking that those regulations will be brought forward to outlaw this form of discrimination in this country?
The hon. Gentleman raises the issue of discrimination in relation to caste, which is a matter of some concern, I know, to a number of people. The issue is now being considered by my right hon. Friend the Minister for Women and Equalities, and further work is indeed being done. I will ensure that the hon. Gentleman’s concerns on this matter are passed on to my right hon. Friend.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the expected processing time is for a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the expected processing time is for a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
The current Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) service standard is to issue 88% of all Disclosures within 40 working days. Latest figures, relating to November 2014, show that the average time taken to process a DBS Disclosure application was 10.55 working days.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contributions the Government made to the Mare Nostrum rescue program before the decision to no longer support it.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contributions the Government made to the Mare Nostrum rescue program before the decision to no longer support it.
Mare Nostrum is an Italian search and rescue operation in the Mediterranean. The UK has had no involvement in, and made no contributions to, the operation.
We continue to work with Italy and other EU Member States to address migratory pressures in the Mediterranean, for the sake of law abiding citizens and in the best interests of those tempted to make this dangerous journey. This includes providing support to Frontex, the EU external borders agency, and finding ways to address the causes of illegal migration and organised crime in countries of origin and transit.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what payments her Department makers to destination countries for visas allowing entry to people being deported from the UK to those countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what payments her Department makers to destination countries for visas allowing entry to people being deported from the UK to those countries.
We work closely with embassies from a wide range of countries to obtain travel documents, rather than visas, to assist removal. We pay a small administrative fee for these documents, which enable the removal of people who have no right to be in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent changes have been made in the issuing of visa applications at the Visa Centre in Moscow.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent changes have been made in the issuing of visa applications at the Visa Centre in Moscow.
In March 2014 the management of the UK’s network of Russian visa application centres passed from VFS Global to Teleperformance. We are offering a full visa service in Russia and our global customer service standards continue to apply.
Teleperformance opened all five new Visa Application Centres in Russia on time in March 2014. There was no break in service between the closure of the VFS centres and the opening of Teleperformance centres. The new Visa Application Centres are all fully functioning and there are appointments available at all of them.
How many random enquiries on immigration status have been made in public places in each of the last six months.
How many random enquiries on immigration status have been made in public places in each of the last six months.
None.
That is a surprising answer, because a number of us have witnessed immigration officers at Metropolitan line and other tube stations around London stopping people and asking them for their immigration status. Will the Minister assure me that no immigration officer would ever stop anyone randomly in a public place, ask them for identity documents and then call in the police to assist them with their inquiries, when there
is no requirement to carry identity cards at any time in this country? Indeed, such identity cards do not even exist.
That is a surprising answer, because a number of us have witnessed immigration officers at Metropolitan line and other tube stations around London stopping people and asking them for their immigration status. Will the Minister assure me that no immigration officer would ever stop anyone randomly in a public place, ask them for identity documents and then call in the police to assist them with their inquiries, when there
is no requirement to carry identity cards at any time in this country? Indeed, such identity cards do not even exist.
I can assure the hon. Gentleman that we do not conduct random operations; we conduct intelligence-led operations, as did the previous Government, and they are very successful. The street operations we have conducted this year have led to the arrest of almost a third of those encountered. They are very successful in enforcing our immigration laws. We do not stop people at random; we are not empowered to do so by law and even if we were, we would not do so as a matter of policy. We stop people when we think there is intelligence to indicate that they are breaking our immigration laws, and I make no apology for that.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many legacy asylum applications are still outstanding; how many have been resolved in each of the last 12 months; and how many staff are allocated to this task.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many legacy asylum applications are still outstanding; how many have been resolved in each of the last 12 months; and how many staff are allocated to this task.
[holding answer 12 September 2013]: The Home Office provides quarterly updates to the Home Affairs Select Committee on the progress of the Legacy cohort of cases under consideration by the Older Live Cases Unit (formerly the Case Audit and Assurance Unit). This is the ring fenced cohort of older asylum cases that was passed to CAAU when the Case Resolution Directorate closed in March 2011.
Table A was included in the letter from David Wood and Sarah Rapson to the right hon. Member for Leicester East (Keith Vaz), Chair of the Committee on 10 July 2013 as Annex A.
We expect to provide a further update of this data to the Home Affairs Select Committee when it next considers the work of the Older Live Cases Unit in October 2013. We will take this opportunity to provide a more comprehensive breakdown of the conclusions by month.
| Table
A1 (figures are rounded to the nearest
500) | ||||
| Net
number of cases at the beginning of the quarter (31 December
2012) | Number
of cases that were concluded and left the live
cohort14 | Number
of cases that entered the live
cohort15 | Net
number of cases at the end of the
quarter | |
| Asylum
live
cohort | 33,500 | 1,600 | 700 | 32,600 |
| Migration
live
cohort | 7,000 | 200 | 700 | 7,500 |
| Total
live
cohort | 40,500 | 1,800 | 1,400 | 40,100 |
| 1
The information has been provided from local management information and
is not a National Statistic. As such it should be treated as
provisional and therefore subject to
change. 14 Concluded is defined as per the Agency's 2006 definition “Grant of permanent or temporary residency, voluntary or enforced removal, found to have been given status before July 2006, found to be a duplicate record, deceased.” 15 This is a closed cohort of people. Additions to the cohort therefore are re-activations or conclusions from the Data Quality cohort. |
There were 224 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff employed to work on this cohort of cases at the end of quarter one 2013. This figure includes agency staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been removed to Sri Lanka under immigration law in each year since 2010-11; and what her policy is on immigration and the safety of Tamil people who are returned.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been removed to Sri Lanka under immigration law in each year since 2010-11; and what her policy is on immigration and the safety of Tamil people who are returned.
[holding answer 22 October 2013]: The following table shows the total numbers of enforced removals, refusals at port and voluntary departures to Sri Lanka from January 2010 to June 2013.
| Year/quarter | Total
enforced
removals | Total
refused entry at port and subsequently
departed | Total
voluntary
departures |
| 2010 | 136 | 68 | 404 |
| 2011 | 378 | 30 | 495 |
| 2012 | 364 | 38 | 662 |
| 2013 | |||
| January
to March | 44 | 5 | 186 |
| April
to June
2013 | 27 | 9 | 161 |
Data for July 2013 are not yet available, but quarterly data for July to September 2013 will be published as part of the regular Home Office publication scheme at the end of November.
The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of persons removed or departed voluntarily from the UK. Provided data are published as National Statistics.
The data on removals and voluntary departures by destination are available in the latest release, Immigration Statistics: April to June 2013, tables rv_06 and rv_06_q from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Statistics home page at gov.uk:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2013/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2013#summary-points-april-to-june-2013
The Home Office policy on the consideration of applications for protection from nationals of Sri Lanka is contained in the Operational Guidance Note (OGN) for Sri Lanka, published 31 July 2013. The OGN is available at:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/countryspecificasylumpolicyogns/
The guidance reflects the findings of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber Upper Tribunal in the Sri Lanka country guidance case of GJ and Others, published 5 July 2013, and the UN High Commissioner tor Refugees Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Asylum Seekers from Sri Lanka, published December 2012.
The tribunal identified new at risk categories for Sri Lankan nationals, but found that Tamils per se are not at risk. Each application for protection is considered on its individual merits against country information obtained from a wide range of sources.
Returns are only undertaken when the Home Office and the courts have judged it safe to do so.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent on investigations by the Independent Police Complaints Commission on cases relating to deaths during or following police contact in each of the last three years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent on investigations by the Independent Police Complaints Commission on cases relating to deaths during or following police contact in each of the last three years.
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The Home Office does not hold this information.