What ministers are being asked
The 200 most recently answered written parliamentary questions on asylum, small boats and immigration enforcement — refreshed weekly from the UK Parliament API.
Across these 200 questions the median time from tabling to answer was 10 days, and 61 of the 200 that carry a date for the answer were answered on or before it.
Answered by the date given for the answer
Every written question carries a date for its answer in the official record. On a named day question the member specifies that date; otherwise it is the date the House works to — in this set a median of 4 days after tabling in the Commons and 14 in the Lords. Comparing it with the date answered compares two fields of the same official record.
A date passing is not by itself a failure: answers are held, corrected and grouped, and recess interrupts everything. This site does not describe a late answer as a breach of anything — it reports the two dates the record publishes.
Who answers, and how quickly
The answering department for each of these 200 questions, with the median days from tabling to answer for that department's questions in this set. Small counts move a median a long way — read the count column first.
| Answering department | Questions | Median days |
|---|---|---|
| Home Office | 168 | 10 |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 8 | 62 |
| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | 5 | 8 |
| Ministry of Justice | 5 | 8 |
| Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | 4 | 10 |
| Cabinet Office | 3 | 15 |
| Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission | 2 | 14 |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 2 | 10 |
| Ministry of Defence | 1 | 50 |
| Department for Transport | 1 | 6 |
| Treasury | 1 | 10 |
Who asks
The party of the member tabling each question, and the House it was tabled in. This counts questions, not members — one member can table many.
| Party | Questions |
|---|---|
| Conservative | 79 |
| Labour | 34 |
| Liberal Democrat | 34 |
| Independent | 19 |
| Reform UK | 17 |
| Restore Britain | 6 |
| Scottish National Party | 3 |
| Crossbench | 3 |
| Democratic Unionist Party | 2 |
| Alliance | 2 |
| Green Party | 1 |
| — Commons (all parties) | 175 |
| — Lords (all parties) | 25 |
What is asked about
The subject headings the record assigns, most-tabled first. A heading appearing many times means the same subject was raised repeatedly, often by different members.
| Heading | Questions |
|---|---|
| Asylum: Housing | 19 |
| Asylum: MOD Bicester | 14 |
| Asylum: Temporary Accommodation | 11 |
| Offenders: Deportation | 10 |
| Asylum: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 7 |
| Asylum: Artificial Intelligence | 5 |
| Immigration: Appeals | 5 |
| Immigration: Human Rights | 5 |
| Asylum | 4 |
| Refugees: Sponsorship | 4 |
| Undocumented Migrants: France | 4 |
| Undocumented Migrants: Boats | 4 |
| Immigration Controls | 3 |
| Immigration: Turkey | 3 |
| Immigration | 3 |
The questions
All 200 questions, most recently answered first. Question text is quoted as the record holds it; where the record itself truncates a long question the excerpt carries an ellipsis and the link goes to the full text and the government's answer.
Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp and MOD Wethersfield
Commons · UIN 39266“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost per person per night was at (a) Wethersfield and (b) Crowborough in 2025/26, including policing costs met by her Department.”
Asked by Mr Andrew Snowden (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 6 November 2026 · 8 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum
Commons · UIN 39018“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her department has considered the potential merits of preventing asylum seekers from being able to roam in local communities.”
Asked by Lee Anderson (Reform UK) · answered by Home Office on 5 November 2026 · 8 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Housing
Commons · UIN 39020“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money her Department has spent on asylum accommodation in each of the last 5 years.”
Asked by Lee Anderson (Reform UK) · answered by Home Office on 5 November 2026 · 8 days after tabling · official record ↗
Offenders: Deportation
Commons · UIN 39555 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what are the main barriers for deportation for the 21,294 foreign national offenders subject to enforcement action living in the community, broken down by barrier type.”
Asked by Chris Philp (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 5 November 2026 · 6 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Housing
Commons · UIN 39262 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2026 to Question 32042, how many properties providers have recorded as houses in multiple occupation, broken down by local authority; and if she…”
Asked by Mr Andrew Snowden (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 4 November 2026 · 6 days after tabling · official record ↗
Israel and Occupied Territories: British Nationals Abroad
Commons · UIN 39082 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department tracks the number of British nationals that have been (a) denied entry to, (b) detained in and (c) deported from (i) Israel and (ii)…”
Asked by Chris Law (Scottish National Party) · answered by Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on 4 November 2026 · 7 days after tabling · official record ↗
Qatar: Baha'i Faith
Lords · UIN HL4408“To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that Qatari authorities have deported two members of the Baha'i community and ordered two others to leave Qatar; and what representations they have made to the…”
Asked by Lord Weir of Ballyholme (Democratic Unionist Party) · answered by Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on 4 November 2026 · 14 days after tabling · official record ↗
British Nationals Abroad: Israel and the Occupied Territories
Commons · UIN 39094 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what conversations he has held with his Israeli counterparts on the refusal, detention, and deportation of British nationals from the occupied Palestinian…”
Asked by Chris Law (Scottish National Party) · answered by Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on 4 November 2026 · 7 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration Controls
Lords · UIN HL4358“To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the United Kingdom's obligations on effective border control under paragraph 2(g) of Resolution 1373 of the United Nations Security Council.”
Asked by Lord Bew (Crossbench) · answered by Home Office on 4 November 2026 · 14 days after tabling · official record ↗
Passports: Forgery
Commons · UIN 39380“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many forged or fraudulently obtained passports were detected by Border Force at the UK border in each of the last five years, broken down by the country of issue.”
Asked by Rupert Lowe (Restore Britain) · answered by Home Office on 4 November 2026 · 6 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration Controls
Commons · UIN 40100“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to lay a Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules to bring the Budget 2026 measures into effect.”
Asked by Blake Stephenson (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 4 November 2026 · 2 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration: Reform
Commons · UIN 39721“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether the Government plans to exempt people living in the UK from its proposed earned settlement reforms; and what assessment it has made of the potential impact of those proposals…”
Asked by Andrew Ranger (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 4 November 2026 · 2 days after tabling · official record ↗
Refugees: Sponsorship
Commons · UIN 39636“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements are in place to ensure that individuals who have attempted to enter the United Kingdom illegally cannot subsequently use the new sponsorship routes to circumvent…”
Asked by Mr Andrew Snowden (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 4 November 2026 · 5 days after tabling · official record ↗
Migrant Workers: Visas
Lords · UIN HL4375“To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made an impact assessment of the additional costs arising from dependants of those arriving on work visas between 2020 and 2026; and, if so, what that assessment found in respect of (1)…”
Asked by Lord Green of Deddington (Crossbench) · answered by Home Office on 4 November 2026 · 14 days after tabling · official record ↗
Veterans: Visas
Commons · UIN 30333“To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 23015 on Veterans: Visas, whether he has discussed this issue with the Minister for Migration and Citizenship since her appointment on 22…”
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative) · answered by Ministry of Defence on 4 November 2026 · 50 days after tabling · official record ↗
Visas: Skilled Workers
Commons · UIN 40068“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 6.94 of the Budget 2026, what estimate she has made of the number of Skilled Worker applicants affected by the removal of the PhD discount.”
Asked by Blake Stephenson (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 4 November 2026 · 2 days after tabling · official record ↗
Refugees: Sponsorship
Commons · UIN 39637“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what security checks will be undertaken on refugees applying through the new sponsorship routes before they are granted permission to enter the United Kingdom.”
Asked by Mr Andrew Snowden (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 4 November 2026 · 5 days after tabling · official record ↗
Refugees: Sponsorship
Commons · UIN 39635 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has set an annual numerical cap on arrivals through each of the three new refugee sponsorship routes.”
Asked by Mr Andrew Snowden (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 4 November 2026 · 5 days after tabling · official record ↗
Refugees: Sponsorship
Commons · UIN 39634 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the new named community sponsorship, refugee work and refugee study routes on the number of people granted permission to enter…”
Asked by Mr Andrew Snowden (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 4 November 2026 · 5 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Housing
Commons · UIN 39075“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional bed spaces she expects the £150 million capital investment announced in Budget 2026 to deliver; and what the estimated capital cost per bed space is.”
Asked by Max Wilkinson (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 3 November 2026 · 6 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Housing
Commons · UIN 39070“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the annual running costs of the large sites funded by the £150 million capital allocation announced in the Budget 2026; and from which budget those…”
Asked by Max Wilkinson (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 3 November 2026 · 6 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Housing
Commons · UIN 39069“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2026, if she will publish a breakdown of the £150 million capital investment in large asylum accommodation sites in 2027-28, by (a) site, (b)…”
Asked by Max Wilkinson (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 3 November 2026 · 6 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: MOD Bicester
Commons · UIN 39267“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of policing the proposed site at MoD Bicester; and what discussions she has had with Thames Valley Police on meeting that cost.”
Asked by Mr Andrew Snowden (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 3 November 2026 · 5 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Housing
Commons · UIN 39263“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many bed spaces were available in dispersal accommodation on the latest date for which figures are held, and in how many properties.”
Asked by Mr Andrew Snowden (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 3 November 2026 · 5 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Housing
Commons · UIN 39445“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 6.18 of the Budget 2026, how many additional large sites for asylum accommodation the £150 million capital investment in 2027-28 is expected to fund.”
Asked by Rupert Lowe (Restore Britain) · answered by Home Office on 3 November 2026 · 5 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration: Civil Servants
Commons · UIN 38648“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total full-time equivalent headcount of civil servants employed in (a) UK Visas and Immigration, (b) Asylum Casework, and (c) Immigration Enforcement was in each financial…”
Asked by Max Wilkinson (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 3 November 2026 · 7 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum and Migrants: Offenders
Commons · UIN 38664“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of (a) asylum seekers and (b) people given indefinite leave to remain who have committed crimes in each of the last 5 years.”
Asked by Lee Anderson (Reform UK) · answered by Home Office on 3 November 2026 · 7 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Housing
Commons · UIN 39264 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of HMO licence non compliance providers have reported to her Department under the Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts since July 2024; and how many of those…”
Asked by Mr Andrew Snowden (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 3 November 2026 · 5 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Housing
Commons · UIN 39265 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many inspections of asylum accommodation properties were carried out by her Department or by providers in 2025/26, and how many properties failed.”
Asked by Mr Andrew Snowden (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 3 November 2026 · 5 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Artificial Intelligence
Commons · UIN 37730 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the response to Freedom of Information request FOI2026/10371 of 11 September 2026, what action is taken in respect of an asylum claim where a summary produced by the…”
Asked by Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 3 November 2026 · 11 days after tabling · official record ↗
Police: Databases
Lords · UIN HL4305“To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Information Commissioner's Office was consulted on the migration of police data to Microsoft cloud services, either before 2017 or at any point since.”
Asked by Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 3 November 2026 · 14 days after tabling · official record ↗
Undocumented Migrants: France
Lords · UIN HL4429“To ask His Majesty's Government what the total cost of the pilot UK-France returns scheme, Operation Hillmore, has been, broken down by (1) detention costs, (2) removal costs, and (3) funding provided to the French government to support…”
Asked by Lord German (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 3 November 2026 · 12 days after tabling · official record ↗
Undocumented Migrants: France
Lords · UIN HL4427“To ask His Majesty's Government what criteria and metrics they have used to assess the level of success of Operation Hillmore; and whether they will publish that information.”
Asked by Lord German (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 3 November 2026 · 12 days after tabling · official record ↗
Undocumented Migrants: France
Lords · UIN HL4426“To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications of the end of the pilot UK-France returns scheme, Operation Hillmore; and what plans they have to replace, revise or resume the scheme.”
Asked by Lord German (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 3 November 2026 · 12 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration: Turkey
Commons · UIN 38157“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the leave of an applicant who applies in time for administrative review continues until that review is concluded where their leave expires while the review is pending; and if…”
Asked by Mr David Lammy (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 3 November 2026 · 8 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration
Commons · UIN 38165“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria UK Visas and Immigration applies when deciding whether an application contains compelling or compassionate factors that warrant expedition, whether those criteria take…”
Asked by Liz Jarvis (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 3 November 2026 · 8 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration
Commons · UIN 38588“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration is given to serious illness when deciding requests to expedite immigration and visa applications.”
Asked by Hannah Spencer (Green Party) · answered by Home Office on 3 November 2026 · 7 days after tabling · official record ↗
USA: Diplomatic Service
Commons · UIN 38114“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on what date he was notified of the August 2026 removal of an officer accused of possessing indecent images from the US Embassy in London.”
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative) · answered by Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on 3 November 2026 · 8 days after tabling · official record ↗
RAF Barnham
Commons · UIN 39133 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the statement in the Budget that £150 million capital investment in 2027-28 will be used fund additional large sites to accommodate illegal migrants, how much of this…”
Asked by Nick Timothy (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 2 November 2026 · 5 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum
Commons · UIN 37735“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what proportion of asylum decisions made since April 2026 the decision-maker was a different officer from the officer who conducted the substantive interview.”
Asked by Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 2 November 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Artificial Intelligence
Commons · UIN 37734“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department consulted the Information Commissioner’s Office before the operational deployment of (a) the Asylum Policy Search tool and (b) the Asylum Case Summarisation tool.”
Asked by Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 2 November 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Artificial Intelligence
Commons · UIN 37733“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Annex C to FOI2026/06089 entitled Interview Summarisation Tool – Pilot is the Data Protection Impact Assessment for the Asylum Policy Search tool.”
Asked by Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 2 November 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Offenders: Deportation
Lords · UIN HL4251“To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Lemos on 15 October (HL Deb col 338), why the data on the number of foreign national prisoners who are eligible for deportation but remain in the United Kingdom due to Article…”
Asked by Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 2 November 2026 · 14 days after tabling · official record ↗
Offenders: Deportation
Lords · UIN HL4250“To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to publish the number of foreign national prisoners who are eligible for deportation but remain in the United Kingdom due to Article 8 European Convention on Human Rights claims and human…”
Asked by Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 2 November 2026 · 14 days after tabling · official record ↗
Offenders: Deportation
Lords · UIN HL4249“To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to make the data on the number of foreign national prisoners who are eligible for deportation but remain in the United Kingdom due to Article 8 European Convention on Human Rights…”
Asked by Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 2 November 2026 · 14 days after tabling · official record ↗
Offenders: Deportation
Lords · UIN HL4248“To ask His Majesty's Government how many foreign national prisoners are eligible for deportation but remain in the United Kingdom due to human rights claims.”
Asked by Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 2 November 2026 · 14 days after tabling · official record ↗
Offenders: Deportation
Lords · UIN HL4247“To ask His Majesty's Government how many foreign national prisoners are eligible for deportation but remain in the United Kingdom due to claims relating to Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
Asked by Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 2 November 2026 · 14 days after tabling · official record ↗
Mohammad Yaseen
Commons · UIN 38722 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her oral contribution of 26 October 2026, Official Report, column 4, whether any of the outstanding issues in the case of Mohammed Yaseen relate to deportation…”
Asked by Alicia Kearns (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 2 November 2026 · 6 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration
Commons · UIN 37687“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date she plans to publish the Government’s response to the (a) consultation entitled A Fairer Pathway to Settlement and (b) Home Affairs Committee’s report on earned…”
Asked by Ben Maguire (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 2 November 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Police: Databases
Lords · UIN HL4218“To ask His Majesty's Government what the current target dates are for (1) the deployment into live operational use across all police forces of the core Law Enforcement Data Service Person, Vehicle, and Property products, (2) the complete…”
Asked by Baroness Doocey (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 2 November 2026 · 14 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum and Migrants: Housing
Commons · UIN 37527“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve communication and engagement with local authorities regarding immigration and asylum.”
Asked by Cameron Thomas (Independent) · answered by Home Office on 30 October 2026 · 8 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum and Migrants: Housing
Commons · UIN 37523“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the quality of its engagement with local authorities for immigration and asylum support.”
Asked by Cameron Thomas (Independent) · answered by Home Office on 30 October 2026 · 8 days after tabling · official record ↗
Offenders: Deportation
Commons · UIN 30973“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 23044 on Deportation, how many of those returned to the countries listed were foreign national offenders.”
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 30 October 2026 · 21 days after tabling · official record ↗
Offenders: Repatriation
Commons · UIN 35880“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money has been disbursed over the last year in resettlement grants under the Facilitated Return Scheme; and what the highest value such grant to a single offender has been.”
Asked by Nick Timothy (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 30 October 2026 · 11 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration Bail: Finance
Commons · UIN 35788 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been levied in cases where a sum has been issued for payment following non-compliance with a condition of immigration bail to which a financial condition is attached in…”
Asked by Nick Timothy (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 30 October 2026 · 11 days after tabling · official record ↗
People Smuggling
Commons · UIN 30866“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to counter the weaponisation of illegal migration networks by hostile states.”
Asked by Stuart Anderson (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 30 October 2026 · 21 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Housing
Commons · UIN 25696“To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate has been made of the additional funding that would be required to reimburse local authorities in full for expenditure incurred in supporting…”
Asked by James McMurdock (Independent) · answered by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on 29 October 2026 · 62 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Housing
Commons · UIN 25695“To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions have taken place with representatives of local government on the potential financial impact of supporting households with no recourse to…”
Asked by James McMurdock (Independent) · answered by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on 29 October 2026 · 62 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Housing
Commons · UIN 25694“To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate has been made of the annual cost to local authorities in England of providing support to households with no recourse to public funds.”
Asked by James McMurdock (Independent) · answered by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on 29 October 2026 · 62 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Housing
Commons · UIN 25693“To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate has been made of the number of households with no recourse to public funds receiving support from local authorities in England.”
Asked by James McMurdock (Independent) · answered by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on 29 October 2026 · 62 days after tabling · official record ↗
Resettlement: Afghanistan
Commons · UIN 30447“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the costs of Afghan settlement schemes are included in the Home Office publication "ASY_04: Breakdown of Asylum costs and productivity".”
Asked by Neil O'Brien (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 29 October 2026 · 20 days after tabling · official record ↗
Offenders: Deportation
Lords · UIN HL4159“To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to release the data referenced in and arising from the Information Commissioner Office’s ruling on 6 January (IC-373043-K8S7) on foreign national offenders and their deportation status.”
Asked by Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 29 October 2026 · 14 days after tabling · official record ↗
Offenders: Deportation
Lords · UIN HL4157“To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 8 July (HL Deb col 205), what progress they have made in discussions with the government of Pakistan; and what options are under review in respect of visa…”
Asked by Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 29 October 2026 · 14 days after tabling · official record ↗
Migrants: Finance
Commons · UIN 25697“To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment has been made of the number of people with no recourse to public funds who are receiving local authority support under statutory duties.”
Asked by James McMurdock (Independent) · answered by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on 29 October 2026 · 62 days after tabling · official record ↗
Migrants: Local Government Services
Commons · UIN 25692“To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to reimburse (a) Thurrock council and (b) all other councils for the costs of providing support to legal migrant families who…”
Asked by James McMurdock (Independent) · answered by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on 29 October 2026 · 62 days after tabling · official record ↗
Migrants: Local Government Services
Commons · UIN 25691“To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to reimburse (a) Thurrock council and (b) all other councils for the costs of providing support to illegal migrant families who…”
Asked by James McMurdock (Independent) · answered by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on 29 October 2026 · 62 days after tabling · official record ↗
People Smuggling: Prosecutions
Lords · UIN HL4096“To ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals have been prosecuted in the UK for involvement in illegal migrant smuggling gangs since July 2024.”
Asked by Lord Hintze (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 29 October 2026 · 15 days after tabling · official record ↗
National Security: Cryptography
Commons · UIN 32927“To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the readiness of operators of critical national infrastructure to meet the post-quantum cryptography migration milestones set out by the…”
Asked by Dr Ben Spencer (Conservative) · answered by Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 29 October 2026 · 20 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Eritrea
Commons · UIN 36004“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are used to establish the nationality of asylum applicants who claim to be Eritrean nationals where their identity or nationality cannot initially be verified.”
Asked by James McMurdock (Independent) · answered by Home Office on 28 October 2026 · 9 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Eritrea
Commons · UIN 36003“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Eritrean Embassy in London’s press release dated 15 October 2026, what assessment has been made of the claim by the Embassy of the State of Eritrea that…”
Asked by James McMurdock (Independent) · answered by Home Office on 28 October 2026 · 9 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Artificial Intelligence
Commons · UIN 37731 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish the report entitled Update on ACS summary spot testing as of 2 June 2026 provided to the Home Office’s Analytical Quality Assurance Board.”
Asked by Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 28 October 2026 · 5 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration: Cohabitation
Commons · UIN 36085“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what definition of “partner” will be used by her Department for the purposes of new section 117AA of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 as inserted by clause 18 of the…”
Asked by Blake Stephenson (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 28 October 2026 · 9 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Applications
Commons · UIN 36470“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the longest processing time for an asylum claim in the last five years.”
Asked by Max Wilkinson (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 28 October 2026 · 8 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration: Appeals
Commons · UIN 36087“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times in 2025 she gave consent under section 85(5) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 for the Tribunal to consider a new matter in an appeal.”
Asked by Blake Stephenson (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 28 October 2026 · 9 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Finance
Commons · UIN 36637“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 9 October 2026 to Question 22075 on Asylum: Finance, whether empty homes will be used and re-purposed to provide asylum accommodation for this programme.”
Asked by David Simmonds (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 28 October 2026 · 8 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration: Human Rights
Commons · UIN 36081“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to lay the changes to the Immigration Rules setting out how sponsor human rights claims are to be made; and whether they will be laid before the Report stage of the…”
Asked by Blake Stephenson (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 28 October 2026 · 9 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Interviews
Commons · UIN 35834“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum interviews were postponed on medical grounds in 2025-26.”
Asked by Andrew Rosindell (Reform UK) · answered by Home Office on 28 October 2026 · 9 days after tabling · official record ↗
Refugees: Military Bases
Commons · UIN 36468“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the amount her Department has spent on Ministry of Defence accommodation in the last five years, listed by year.”
Asked by Max Wilkinson (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 28 October 2026 · 8 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration: Human Rights
Commons · UIN 36084“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grants of leave were made on the basis of Article 3 of the ECHR on medical grounds in each of the last three years; and what assessment she has made of the potential effect of…”
Asked by Blake Stephenson (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 28 October 2026 · 9 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Applications
Commons · UIN 36122“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her department will list the waiting times for asylum decisions to be made, from longest to shortest, in the past two years.”
Asked by Max Wilkinson (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 28 October 2026 · 9 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: MOD Bicester
Commons · UIN 37505 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department during the debate on MOD Bicester and Illegal Migrants on 14 October 2026,…”
Asked by Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 28 October 2026 · 6 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Artificial Intelligence
Commons · UIN 37732 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Technical Specialists continue to review asylum cases before decision in cases where an Asylum Case Summarisation summary has been produced.”
Asked by Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 28 October 2026 · 5 days after tabling · official record ↗
Chagossians: Asylum
Lords · UIN HL4189“To ask His Majesty's Government what additional support is being given to the Home Office by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in processing asylum claims by Chagossians fleeing Mauritius as a result of the current civil…”
Asked by Lord Weir of Ballyholme (Democratic Unionist Party) · answered by Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on 28 October 2026 · 13 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration: Human Rights
Commons · UIN 36083“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what checks of a sponsor’s criminal record and history of domestic abuse, stalking, sexual offending or forced marriage are made before a sponsor human rights claim is decided.”
Asked by Blake Stephenson (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 28 October 2026 · 9 days after tabling · official record ↗
Refugees: Afghanistan
Commons · UIN 36334“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that Applications for Refugee Reunion are receiving a decision within 12 months.”
Asked by Dame Chi Onwurah (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 28 October 2026 · 8 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration: Appeals
Commons · UIN 36076“To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost to the public purse was of an appeal determined by the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) in (a) 2025 and (b) 2026.”
Asked by Blake Stephenson (Conservative) · answered by Ministry of Justice on 27 October 2026 · 8 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration: Appeals
Commons · UIN 36077“To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the additional number of (a) judges and (b) sitting days for the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) required as a result of appeals from the Independent…”
Asked by Blake Stephenson (Conservative) · answered by Ministry of Justice on 27 October 2026 · 8 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration: Appeals
Commons · UIN 36079“To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time was from lodging to determination of an appeal in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) broken down by (a) protection appeals and (b) human rights appeals…”
Asked by Blake Stephenson (Conservative) · answered by Ministry of Justice on 27 October 2026 · 8 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Hotels
Commons · UIN 34892“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department keeps a regularly updated central register of names of asylum seekers temporarily housed in hotels.”
Asked by Sir John Hayes (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 27 October 2026 · 13 days after tabling · official record ↗
Undocumented Migrants: Belgium
Commons · UIN 30346“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of small boat crossings have travelled from Belgium in each of the past five years.”
Asked by Sir John Hayes (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 27 October 2026 · 18 days after tabling · official record ↗
EU Countries: British Nationals Abroad
Commons · UIN 28168“To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many UK nationals have been issued with deportation or removal decisions from EU member states following rejected residency applications under the Withdrawal Agreement.”
Asked by Dr Al Pinkerton (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Cabinet Office on 27 October 2026 · 49 days after tabling · official record ↗
EU Countries: Immigration Controls
Commons · UIN 33926“To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps are being taken to amend the Schengen-wide 90-in-180 framework through a wider EU-UK agreement.”
Asked by Neil Duncan-Jordan (Labour) · answered by Cabinet Office on 27 October 2026 · 15 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration: Ukraine
Commons · UIN 37534“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the quality and speed of communication with Ukrainian refugees on their continued immigration status from the Homes for Ukraine and Ukraine…”
Asked by Cameron Thomas (Independent) · answered by Home Office on 27 October 2026 · 5 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration: Ukraine
Commons · UIN 37531“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to increase the level of support for Ukrainians residing in the UK, including through the Homes for Ukraine and Ukraine Permission Extension schemes.”
Asked by Cameron Thomas (Independent) · answered by Home Office on 27 October 2026 · 5 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration: Ukraine
Commons · UIN 37528“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to provide reassurance to refugees on the Homes for Ukraine and Ukraine Permission Extension schemes, regarding their continued immigration status.”
Asked by Cameron Thomas (Independent) · answered by Home Office on 27 October 2026 · 5 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration: Transitional Arrangements
Commons · UIN 36967“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce transitional arrangements under the proposed earned settlement reforms for people who were first granted leave to enter or remain in the UK before 1…”
Asked by Zöe Franklin (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 27 October 2026 · 6 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration: Families
Commons · UIN 36080“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for entry clearance were granted on Article 8 grounds outside the Immigration Rules in each of the last three years; and how many of those grants related to a…”
Asked by Blake Stephenson (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 27 October 2026 · 8 days after tabling · official record ↗
Veterans: Visas
Commons · UIN 36309“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026 to question 23015 on Veterans: Visas, whether the Minister for Migration and Citizenship has discussed this specific issue with Ministry of…”
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 27 October 2026 · 7 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Housing
Commons · UIN 901697 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Scottish Borders Council on the provision of accommodation for asylum seekers.”
Asked by John Lamont (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 26 October 2026 · 6 days after tabling · official record ↗
Undocumented Migrants: Employment
Commons · UIN 35462“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to address account-renting and substitution on delivery platforms as a route to illegal working.”
Asked by Dr Scott Arthur (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 26 October 2026 · 11 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration Controls: EU Countries
Lords · UIN HL3926“To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to EU countries regarding inaccuracies in their operation of the EU Entry/Exit System and the impact on British citizens intending to travel to the EU.”
Asked by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 26 October 2026 · 14 days after tabling · official record ↗
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
Commons · UIN 36601 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the measurable objectives attached to UK funding provided to France for tackling small boat crossings.”
Asked by Joe Robertson (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 26 October 2026 · 6 days after tabling · official record ↗
Boats: English Channel
Commons · UIN 36598 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, at what point responsibility for a small boat in difficulty transfers from French search and rescue authorities to HM Coastguard.”
Asked by Joe Robertson (Conservative) · answered by Department for Transport on 26 October 2026 · 6 days after tabling · official record ↗
Offenders: Deportation
Commons · UIN 35833“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders were removed from the UK in 2025-26.”
Asked by Andrew Rosindell (Reform UK) · answered by Home Office on 26 October 2026 · 7 days after tabling · official record ↗
Migrant Workers: Social Services
Commons · UIN 901705 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the effectiveness of visa schemes accessible to care workers.”
Asked by Anna Dixon (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 26 October 2026 · 6 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration Controls
Lords · UIN HL3983“To ask His Majesty's Government on how many occasions in each of the five previous calendar years ministerial agreement was given to make a published concession outside the Immigration Rules under section 3(1)(b) of the Immigration Act…”
Asked by Lord Pack (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 26 October 2026 · 14 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration: Hong Kong
Lords · UIN HL3898“To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the 1984 United Kingdom Memorandum creates a continuing international-law restriction upon granting British citizenship or right of abode to British National…”
Asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench) · answered by Home Office on 26 October 2026 · 14 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration Controls: EU Countries
Lords · UIN HL3931“To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reliability of the EU Entry/Exit System and its impact on UK citizens.”
Asked by Lord Cameron of Lochiel (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 26 October 2026 · 14 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration: Republic of Ireland
Commons · UIN 37142 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who were returned to Ireland by Immigration Enforcement subsequently returned to the UK (a) once and (b) on multiple occasions in each year since 2020.”
Asked by Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 26 October 2026 · 5 days after tabling · official record ↗
Quantum Technology: Cryptography
Commons · UIN 36543 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which Minister is responsible for the migration of government systems to post-quantum cryptography.”
Asked by Dr Ben Spencer (Conservative) · answered by Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 26 October 2026 · 6 days after tabling · official record ↗
Electoral Register: Commonwealth
Commons · UIN 31751“To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has issued guidance on whether asylum seekers, from Commonwealth countries, may be…”
Asked by Lewis Cocking (Conservative) · answered by Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission on 23 October 2026 · 14 days after tabling · official record ↗
Candidates and Electoral Register: Commonwealth
Commons · UIN 30514“To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance has the Electoral Commission given on the immigration status for a Commonwealth citizen to be eligible…”
Asked by David Simmonds (Conservative) · answered by Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission on 23 October 2026 · 14 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration: Human Rights
Commons · UIN 36068 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the Article 8 cases sampled for the impact assessment for the Immigration and Asylum Bill involved family life with a person outside the core cohabiting family as defined…”
Asked by Blake Stephenson (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 22 October 2026 · 3 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration: Appeals
Commons · UIN 36075 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals by foreign national offenders are pending before the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) on the latest date for which data is available; and what the average time…”
Asked by Blake Stephenson (Conservative) · answered by Ministry of Justice on 22 October 2026 · 3 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration: Human Rights
Commons · UIN 36067 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an estimate of the number of sponsor human rights claims (a) overall and (b) that will result in appeals under clause 17 of the Immigration and Asylum Bill in each…”
Asked by Blake Stephenson (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 22 October 2026 · 3 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: MOD Bicester
Commons · UIN 35797 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed asylum accommodation at Site A at MoD Bicester on residents in surrounding communities, in relation to…”
Asked by Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 22 October 2026 · 3 days after tabling · official record ↗
Independent Immigration Appeals Authority: Costs
Commons · UIN 36064 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the (a) set-up and (b) annual running costs of the Independent Immigration Appeals Authority in each of its first five financial years.”
Asked by Blake Stephenson (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 22 October 2026 · 3 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum
Commons · UIN 33707 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Understanding behaviours and expectations in the UK: a guide for asylum seekers, published on 19 August 2026, the total number…”
Asked by Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 22 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
Commons · UIN 34818“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with her European counterparts about strengthening cooperation to prevent small boat crossings in the English Channel.”
Asked by Mr Lee Dillon (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 22 October 2026 · 8 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration: Syria
Commons · UIN 35876 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve the processing times of indefinite leave to remain applications for Syrian nationals.”
Asked by Nadia Whittome (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 22 October 2026 · 3 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: MOD Bicester
Commons · UIN 35701 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of policing resources required to support the proposed asylum accommodation at Site A at MoD Bicester.”
Asked by Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 21 October 2026 · 5 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
Commons · UIN 29853“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by how much has the use of dispersal accommodation increased since 5 July 2024; and at what cost to the public purse.”
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 21 October 2026 · 37 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: MOD Bicester
Commons · UIN 35702 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the safety of pedestrians travelling between the proposed asylum accommodation at Site A at MoD Bicester and local services by roads without…”
Asked by Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 21 October 2026 · 5 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: MOD Bicester
Commons · UIN 35704 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements will be in place to monitor and respond to safeguarding or public protection concerns arising from the movement of residents of the proposed asylum accommodation at…”
Asked by Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 21 October 2026 · 5 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: MOD Bicester
Commons · UIN 35705 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of proposed security arrangements to address potential risks to the safety of local residents using public rights of way, local…”
Asked by Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 21 October 2026 · 5 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Contracts
Commons · UIN 34244“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what specific changes to subcontractor oversight, assurance and audit requirements have been incorporated into the Future Asylum Contract Transformation programme as a result of…”
Asked by Rupert Lowe (Restore Britain) · answered by Home Office on 21 October 2026 · 8 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Contracts
Commons · UIN 34243“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms within the Future Asylum Contract Transformation programme will enable the Home Office to monitor and intervene in subcontractor performance more effectively than under…”
Asked by Rupert Lowe (Restore Britain) · answered by Home Office on 21 October 2026 · 8 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: MOD Bicester
Commons · UIN 35703 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evidence her Department has considered in assessing the potential impact of the proposed asylum accommodation at Site A at MoD Bicester on crime and the fear of crime in…”
Asked by Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 21 October 2026 · 5 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Oxford East
Commons · UIN 34308“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent by her Department in the last four quarters on paying for asylum seekers to travel from asylum accommodation in Oxford East to the nearest reporting centre in…”
Asked by Anneliese Dodds (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 21 October 2026 · 8 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum
Commons · UIN 35436“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the bespoke refugee work and study route, whether she plans to allow refugees to switch onto this route prior to the expiry of their 30-month protection grant.”
Asked by Dr Peter Prinsley (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 21 October 2026 · 6 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Overseas Students
Commons · UIN 34460“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many students with student visas claimed asylum in every year since 2016.”
Asked by Andrew Rosindell (Reform UK) · answered by Home Office on 21 October 2026 · 8 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum and Offenders: Legal Opinion
Commons · UIN 34923 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of the legal advice provided to asylum claimants and foreign national offenders during immigration cases.”
Asked by Janet Daby (Labour) · answered by Ministry of Justice on 21 October 2026 · 7 days after tabling · official record ↗
Retail Trade: Urban Areas
Commons · UIN 33344“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve coordination between police forces, local authorities, Trading Standards, Immigration Enforcement and HMRC in tackling persistent…”
Asked by Matt Vickers (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 21 October 2026 · 12 days after tabling · official record ↗
Livestock Industry: Migrant Workers
Commons · UIN 34732“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of adding the role of sheep shearer to the Temporary Shortage List.”
Asked by Josh Newbury (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 21 October 2026 · 7 days after tabling · official record ↗
Agriculture: Migrant Workers
Commons · UIN 34731“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of restoring the role of agricultural contractor to the Temporary Shortage List.”
Asked by Josh Newbury (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 21 October 2026 · 7 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Military Bases
Commons · UIN 33773“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to use former military sites for asylum accommodation; and whether any sites in or near Wrexham are being considered for that purpose.”
Asked by Andrew Ranger (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 20 October 2026 · 8 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: MOD Bicester
Commons · UIN 35437 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on the safety and wellbeing of women, men and children living in communities surrounding the proposed asylum…”
Asked by Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 20 October 2026 · 5 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: MOD Bicester
Commons · UIN 35440 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish the Security Management Plan prepared in relation to the proposed asylum accommodation at Site A at MoD Bicester, and if not, what information about the…”
Asked by Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 20 October 2026 · 5 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Civil Servants
Commons · UIN 35435 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (i) how many government employees are currently involved in processing asylum claims, and (ii) the average employment cost of each.”
Asked by Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 20 October 2026 · 5 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: MOD Bicester
Commons · UIN 35448 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Operational Management Plan for the proposed asylum accommodation at Site A at MoD Bicester will be completed and assessed before a final decision is made on the use of the…”
Asked by Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 20 October 2026 · 5 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: MOD Bicester
Commons · UIN 35439 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the safety and welfare of staff working at the proposed asylum accommodation at Site A at MoD Bicester, including arrangements for lone…”
Asked by Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 20 October 2026 · 5 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Housing
Commons · UIN 34928 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to reimburse charities for the costs of providing emergency accommodation to asylum seekers who have been incorrectly evicted from Home Office-provided…”
Asked by Sarah Edwards (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 20 October 2026 · 6 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: MOD Bicester
Commons · UIN 31701 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Home Office’s planning application for asylum accommodation at Site A, MOD Bicester, if she will clarify which specific statutory procedure…”
Asked by Gareth Bacon (Conservative) · answered by Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on 20 October 2026 · 11 days after tabling · official record ↗
Cryptography: Quantum Technology
Commons · UIN 34352 · named day“To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether she has adopted the National Cyber Security Centre's guidance entitled Timelines for migration to post-quantum cryptography of 20 March 2025 as the standard for its own departments and…”
Asked by Dr Ben Spencer (Conservative) · answered by Cabinet Office on 20 October 2026 · 7 days after tabling · official record ↗
Refugees: Resettlement
Lords · UIN HL3785“To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likelihood that Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights will be used by individuals entering the UK on the resettlement scheme to bring additional family…”
Asked by Lord Davies of Gower (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 14 days after tabling · official record ↗
Offenders: Foreign Nationals
Commons · UIN 35047 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders are in receipt of support under section 94 or section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.”
Asked by Sarah Pochin (Reform UK) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 5 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Housing
Commons · UIN 30945“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Asylum Support Accommodation Programme (ASAP): SRO appointment letter for Becca Jones, January 2026, updated 2 July 2026, what work has the National…”
Asked by Lewis Cocking (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: English Language
Commons · UIN 31734“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the answer of 11 February 2026, to Question 110385, on Asylum: English Language, if she will make it her policy to make it mandatory for asylum seekers to learn…”
Asked by David Simmonds (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: MOD Bicester
Commons · UIN 33312“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has conducted a full bat survey in regards to proposals for an asylum camp at MOD Bicester Site A.”
Asked by Greg Smith (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Sudan
Commons · UIN 32463“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 9 September 2026 to Question 21369 and of 22 September 2026 to Question 28809 on Asylum: Sudan, for what reasons her Department does not (a) collect and (b)…”
Asked by Anneliese Dodds (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Hotels
Commons · UIN 31973“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers temporarily housed in hotels have absconded in each of the past five years.”
Asked by Sir John Hayes (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Hotels
Commons · UIN 30345“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether asylum seekers temporarily housed in hotels are required to sign in and out when leaving and entering the premises.”
Asked by Sir John Hayes (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Refugees: Families
Commons · UIN 31428“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on updating refugee family reunion provisions, including expected timescales for implementation following the suspension of previous refugee family reunion…”
Asked by Ms Julie Minns (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Pakistan
Commons · UIN 31752“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2026 to Question 28456 on Asylum: Pakistan, whether her Department is aware of a letter template used by Pakistani men to falsely claim they are…”
Asked by Max Wilkinson (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Adult Education: Asylum
Commons · UIN 31836“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many asylum seekers have received publicly funded training under the Adult Skills Fund and its predecessor schemes since asylum seekers first became eligible for such support.”
Asked by Rupert Lowe (Restore Britain) · answered by Department for Work and Pensions on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Adult Education: Asylum
Commons · UIN 31030“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total cost to the public purse of training for asylum seekers funded under the Adult Skills Fund and its predecessor schemes has been since asylum seekers first became eligible…”
Asked by Rupert Lowe (Restore Britain) · answered by Department for Work and Pensions on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: France
Commons · UIN 32156“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the net change in the number of arrivals under the UK/European Applicant Transfer Scheme, part of the UK-France Agreement.”
Asked by Mr Andrew Snowden (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Commons · UIN 33494“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were housed in hotel accommodation in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area on (a) 1 July 2022, (b) 1 August 2022, (c) 1 September 2022 and (d) 1…”
Asked by Tom Hayes (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Commons · UIN 33493“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were housed in hotel accommodation in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area on (a) 1 July 2020, (b) 1 August 2020, (c) 1 September 2020 and (d) 1…”
Asked by Tom Hayes (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Commons · UIN 31871“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were housed in hotel accommodation in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area on (a) 1 July 2025, (b) 1 August 2025, (c) 1 September 2025 and (d) 1…”
Asked by Tom Hayes (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Commons · UIN 31870“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were housed in hotel accommodation in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area on (a) 1 July 2023, (b) 1 August 2023, (c) 1 September 2023 and (d) 1…”
Asked by Tom Hayes (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Commons · UIN 31066“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were housed in hotel accommodation in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area on (a) 1 July 2026, (b) 1 August 2026, and (c) 1 September 2026.”
Asked by Tom Hayes (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Commons · UIN 31065“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were housed in hotel accommodation in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area on (a) 1 July 2024, (b) 1 August 2024, (c) 1 September 2024 and (d) 1…”
Asked by Tom Hayes (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Commons · UIN 30660“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were housed in hotel accommodation in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area on (a) 1 July 2021, (b) 1 August 2021, (c) 1 September 2021 and (d) 1…”
Asked by Tom Hayes (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Housing
Commons · UIN 32439“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what statutory requirements are placed on Home Office accommodation providers to notify local planning authorities before acquiring or leasing Class C3 dwellinghouses for conversion…”
Asked by Sir Oliver Dowden (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Housing
Commons · UIN 32042“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many residential properties operate as dispersed accommodation for asylum seekers in England meet the physical definition of a HMO for which the latest data is available; and how…”
Asked by Sir Oliver Dowden (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Housing
Commons · UIN 31395“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2026 to Question 23296 on Asylum: Housing, what was implemented in the comprehensive assurance action plan.”
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Undocumented Migrants: France
Commons · UIN 32000“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding the UK has provided to France for activity to prevent small-boat crossings in each year since 2018; and what performance information the Government receives in return…”
Asked by Wendy Morton (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
UK Border Force: Patrol Craft
Commons · UIN 31954“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that Border Force have adequate vessels, personnel and capability to perform their role of intercepting and escorting illegal vessels attempting to…”
Asked by Neil Duncan-Jordan (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Deportation
Lords · UIN HL3761“To ask His Majesty's Government how many immigration enforcement and return flights were operated in each month since July 2024.”
Asked by Lord Cameron of Lochiel (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 14 days after tabling · official record ↗
Refugees: Resettlement
Lords · UIN HL3786“To ask His Majesty's Government, following the reopening of the UK resettlement scheme, how many refugees they expect to resettle under the scheme in (1) 2026, and (2) 2027; and what assessment they have made of the capacity of local…”
Asked by Lord Davies of Gower (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 14 days after tabling · official record ↗
Refugees: Palestine and Afghanistan
Commons · UIN 35063 · named day“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people expected to travel to the United Kingdom under the newly announced resettlement routes for Afghan and Palestinian refugees.”
Asked by Sarah Pochin (Reform UK) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 5 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration: France
Lords · UIN HL3787“To ask His Majesty's Government how many people they have returned to France under the UK-France migration and returns agreement since the scheme was introduced; how many people have been admitted to the UK under the reciprocal…”
Asked by Lord Davies of Gower (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 14 days after tabling · official record ↗
Government Departments: Quantum Technology
Commons · UIN 30472“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Treasury has received a costed plan for migration of government systems to post-quantum cryptography; and whether provision has been made for it in departmental settlements to 2029-30.”
Asked by Dr Ben Spencer (Conservative) · answered by Treasury on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Voice over Internet Protocol
Commons · UIN 30692“To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the migration of the analogue Public Switched Telephone Network to digital Voice over Internet Protocol is on track to be completed by January 2027.”
Asked by Seamus Logan (Scottish National Party) · answered by Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration: Turkey
Commons · UIN 33194“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for Indefinite Leave to Remain through the European Community Association Agreement have been (a) accepted, (b) rejected, and (c) remain contested since September…”
Asked by Mr David Lammy (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration: Turkey
Commons · UIN 32788“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for Indefinite Leave to Remain have been submitted through the European Community Association Agreement in each of the last five years.”
Asked by Mr David Lammy (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Immigration: Applications
Commons · UIN 30750“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time has been for determination of applications for Indefinite Leave to Remain through the European Community Association Agreement from time of application to…”
Asked by Mr David Lammy (Labour) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Refugees: Ukraine
Commons · UIN 30765“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce new provisions to allow Ukrainians fleeing the war in Ukraine since July 2026 to settle temporarily in the UK.”
Asked by Mark Pritchard (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Government Departments: Cryptography
Commons · UIN 32096“To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, by what instrument the milestones in the National Cyber Security Centre's guidance Timelines for migration to post-quantum cryptography of 20 March 2025 are given effect…”
Asked by Dr Ben Spencer (Conservative) · answered by Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 19 October 2026 · 10 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
Commons · UIN 29435“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the suitability of rural villages with no shop, school or public transport infrastructure to host non-detained asylum accommodation for more than 1,000…”
Asked by Suella Braverman (Reform UK) · answered by Home Office on 16 October 2026 · 32 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
Commons · UIN 29438“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will publish the safeguarding framework used to assess potential risks to women and children living near large-scale male asylum accommodation sites.”
Asked by Suella Braverman (Reform UK) · answered by Home Office on 16 October 2026 · 32 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
Commons · UIN 29434“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that women and girls in rural villages are protected from risks associated with large-scale male asylum accommodation operating with sign-in,…”
Asked by Suella Braverman (Reform UK) · answered by Home Office on 16 October 2026 · 32 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
Commons · UIN 29436“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has evaluated the potential impact of large-scale asylum accommodation on the ability of women and children in rural communities to move safely around public…”
Asked by Suella Braverman (Reform UK) · answered by Home Office on 16 October 2026 · 32 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
Commons · UIN 29441“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has consulted Thames Valley Police on the potential risks posed to women and girls by non-detained asylum accommodation housing more than 1,000 adult males.”
Asked by Suella Braverman (Reform UK) · answered by Home Office on 16 October 2026 · 32 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
Commons · UIN 29432“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on women’s safety of accommodating single adult males in non-detained facilities adjacent to rural settlements such as…”
Asked by Suella Braverman (Reform UK) · answered by Home Office on 16 October 2026 · 32 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
Commons · UIN 29437“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration her Department has given to the ratio of asylum-seeking men to local residents when determining the suitability of rural sites for non-detained accommodation.”
Asked by Suella Braverman (Reform UK) · answered by Home Office on 16 October 2026 · 32 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
Commons · UIN 29433“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has conducted a gender-specific safeguarding assessment on the impact of placing large numbers of adult males in close proximity to small rural communities with…”
Asked by Suella Braverman (Reform UK) · answered by Home Office on 16 October 2026 · 32 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
Commons · UIN 29754“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has identified any properties in Audlem, Cheshire East, as potential sites for asylum accommodation.”
Asked by Aphra Brandreth (Conservative) · answered by Home Office on 16 October 2026 · 32 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Fraud
Commons · UIN 29742“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, ?what estimate her Department has made of the number of asylum applications which contain repeated narratives and evidence across multiple, unconnected claims; and what steps her…”
Asked by Sorcha Eastwood (Alliance) · answered by Home Office on 16 October 2026 · 32 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Fraud
Commons · UIN 29741“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the trends in the level of fraud and misrepresentation in asylum applications; and what steps her Department is taking to strengthen the identification…”
Asked by Sorcha Eastwood (Alliance) · answered by Home Office on 16 October 2026 · 32 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
Commons · UIN 29440“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the policing resources required to ensure women’s safety in rural villages located adjacent to large-scale male asylum accommodation.”
Asked by Suella Braverman (Reform UK) · answered by Home Office on 16 October 2026 · 32 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Applications
Commons · UIN 29998“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her department's policy to reduce the percentage of asylum claims granted.”
Asked by Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 16 October 2026 · 31 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Appeals
Commons · UIN 29999“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects her department to resume publishing asylum appeals statistics as part of the quarterly migration statistics.”
Asked by Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 16 October 2026 · 31 days after tabling · official record ↗
Asylum: Appeals
Commons · UIN 30000“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made for the reason in the increase in the number of asylum appeals being withdrawn before being heard by the first-tier tribunal.”
Asked by Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat) · answered by Home Office on 16 October 2026 · 31 days after tabling · official record ↗
Undocumented Migrants: Boats
Commons · UIN 29728“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether information is shared with the French authorities concerning the identification and disposal of small boats used in attempted Channel crossings, including information that…”
Asked by James McMurdock (Independent) · answered by Home Office on 16 October 2026 · 32 days after tabling · official record ↗
Undocumented Migrants: Boats
Commons · UIN 29727“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements are in place to minimise the risk that small boats recovered in connection with attempted Channel crossings but not seized by UK authorities cannot subsequently…”
Asked by James McMurdock (Independent) · answered by Home Office on 16 October 2026 · 32 days after tabling · official record ↗
Undocumented Migrants: Boats
Commons · UIN 29726“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information the Department holds on the proportion of small boats recovered by French authorities following attempted Channel crossings that are subsequently reused in further…”
Asked by James McMurdock (Independent) · answered by Home Office on 16 October 2026 · 32 days after tabling · official record ↗
Undocumented Migrants: Boats
Commons · UIN 29725“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions the Government has had with the French authorities about the disposal of small boats recovered following attempted Channel crossings, including whether any such…”
Asked by James McMurdock (Independent) · answered by Home Office on 16 October 2026 · 32 days after tabling · official record ↗
People Smuggling: Boats
Commons · UIN 29724“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information the Government holds on the onward disposal or transportation to France of small boats recovered from people attempting to cross the English Channel to the UK.”
Asked by James McMurdock (Independent) · answered by Home Office on 16 October 2026 · 32 days after tabling · official record ↗
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