Robert Jenrick: We keep our approach to tackling hate crime under review, taking into account the international evidence base and our internal research. Over the last three years we have undertaken internal research and commissioned external research from IPSOS UK and RAND Europe where necessary.
Robert Jenrick: The Home Office does not publish information on how many people have been granted permission to stay through the family reunion process, (in-country grants of leave to remain). The Home Office publishes data on the number of Family Reunion visas granted, in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data covering the period January 2010 onwards are published in table FAM_D01...
Robert Jenrick: A wide body of evidence points towards key pull factors to the UK including language, diaspora, presence of friends and family, economic opportunity, and availability of education. Any effects exerted by asylum policies and welfare systems on individual decision making around ultimate country of destination are much less well understood and difficult to isolate. That is why we have no plans...
Robert Jenrick: Border Force measures and monitors wait times at all major UK ports to ensure the flow of legitimate travel into UK. The latest Border Force transparency data shows that 95% of arrivals to the UK were cleared within the service standard in the second quarter of this year and in July, 90% of passengers surveyed were satisfied with their experience at UK border control. The most recent data is...
Robert Jenrick: Border Force measures and monitors wait times at all major UK ports including Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton, Stansted, and Birmingham to ensure the flow of legitimate travel into UK. The latest Border Force transparency data shows that 95% of arrivals to the UK were cleared within the service standard in the second quarter of this year and in July, 90% of passengers surveyed were satisfied with...
Robert Jenrick: We have taken action to accelerate decision-making and rapidly speed up processing times to eliminate the backlog of legacy initial asylum decisions by the end of 2023. Separate work is ongoing to more efficiently process all other asylum claims admitted to the UK asylum system awaiting consideration.
Robert Jenrick: Decision times will vary by case, as each application is different; we aim to reach a decision as swiftly as possible.
Robert Jenrick: We have been working at pace with the Government of Rwanda to help strengthen the operation of their asylum system. We will continue to progress this, in light of the Supreme Court judgment, and a range of options for further support are being considered. Conversations between governments remain confidential.
Robert Jenrick: Visas are an important part of securing the UK’s border and are an effective tool for the UK in reducing illegal immigration, tackling organised crime and protecting national security. The government has no plans to waive or reduce visit visa fees for nationals of Commonwealth member states.
Robert Jenrick: The Home Office assesses an individual’s suitability to reside at Portland and will only accommodate single adult males who are considered suitable to reside there. Guidance on the suitability criteria used can be found here: Allocation of accommodation (publishing.service.gov.uk).
Robert Jenrick: The resettlement of eligible Afghans remains a top priority for this government. As of September 2023, around 24,600 vulnerable people affected by the events in Afghanistan have been brought to safety. This includes the first individuals to be relocated under Pathway 3 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS). In the second stage of Pathway 3, our commitment to work with...
Robert Jenrick: The Home Office publishes statistics on small boat arrivals to the UK in the ‘Irregular migration to the UK statistics’ release. Data on whether arrivals are still in the UK or have left the UK is not published but some of the data in the ‘Irregular Migration to the UK detailed datasets’ may provide an indication of these:Data on the number of arrivals is available in table...
Robert Jenrick: We do not hold data about response times for correspondence from individual customers. The information could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.
Robert Jenrick: We take the security of Border Force detector dogs very seriously. It is a long-standing policy that we do not comment on security arrangements.
Robert Jenrick: Since 2015, over half a million people were offered safe and legal routes into the UK. This includes over 28.600 individuals resettled to the UK under our global resettlement schemes. We continue to provide the most vulnerable refugees in need of protection a route to safety directly from regions of conflict and instability through these schemes, which include the UK Resettlement Scheme,...
Robert Jenrick: The data below shows the volume of passport applications from residents of the Republic of Ireland that were processed by the passport office in Belfast for each year from 2017 to 2019: 2017 9,812 2018 9,401 2019 9,936 Following the introduction of a new passport application processing system that distributes work digitally across all available work locations, the data for the...
Robert Jenrick: The Home Office releases weekly upgrades, including maintenance, to the Atlas caseworking system. Such releases are completed without the Atlas caseworking system, or services like BRP production, being down at all and so there is no impact upon caseworking or BRP production. Where a maintenance release requires the system to be taken down temporarily, it is done so in quiet periods and for a...
Robert Jenrick: Since 2015, over half a million people were offered safe and legal routes into the UK. This includes over 28.600 individuals resettled to the UK under our global resettlement schemes. We continue to provide the most vulnerable refugees in need of protection a route to safety directly from regions of conflict and instability through these schemes, which include the UK Resettlement Scheme,...
Robert Jenrick: The Home Office does not publish data concerning farm visits under the seasonal workers scheme. The Seasonal Worker team undertakes farm visits to check sponsor compliance by interviewing farm managers, checking worker accommodation and speaking to sponsored seasonal workers. If evidence of underpayment is identified, that is investigated in line with published Sponsor Guidance and action...
Robert Jenrick: We do not publish the information requested. This is because the information is not available in a reportable format and providing this information could only be done at disproportionate cost.
