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Asylum: Applications

Alex Norris received a response to a question they put to the government

The information requested could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

Alex Norris received a response to a question they put to the government

The Home Office does not make a single estimate of this kind. A range of scenarios are considered for operational planning purposes.

UK preparations for the EU Entry/Exit System

Written Ministerial Statements

In July 2024, this Government set out the steps we were taking to strengthen readiness for the European Union’s Entry/Exit System (EES) and to minimise disruption for journeys via the...

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

Alex Norris received a response to a question they put to the government

The Home Office will publish statistics on returns from the UK up to March 2026 on 21 May 2026. Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of...

Asylum: Sponsorship

Alex Norris received a response to a question they put to the government

In the Restoring Order and Control policy statement, the Government committed to transforming its approach to safe and legal routes. This included the creation of a named sponsorship scheme to...

Asylum: Housing

Alex Norris received a response to a question they put to the government

For individuals granted leave to remain, we are committed to successfully transitioning them from asylum accommodation, which is why we have extended the grace period to 42 days, from 28 days. In...

Offenders: Deportation

Alex Norris received a response to a question they put to the government

The information you have requested on foreign national offenders (FNOs) returned from the UK (of which ‘deportation’ is a legal subset) who have been convicted of sexual offences...

Asylum: Northern Ireland

Alex Norris received a response to a question they put to the government

Northern Ireland is not a dispersal area and asylum seekers are therefore not routed between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. Only those claiming asylum in Northern Ireland are accommodated...

Asylum: Artificial intelligence

Alex Norris received a response to a question they put to the government

To date, Asylum & Human Rights Operations have piloted the use of two AI tools to assist with the process of deciding asylum claims. Evaluation of both AI tools has been published on GOV.UK....

Asylum: Human Trafficking

Alex Norris received a response to a question they put to the government

The decision on whether to publish equality impact assessments, considered through the development of the announced asylum reforms, will be taken by Ministers once the policy development stage...

Asylum: Hotels

Alex Norris received a response to a question they put to the government

Exiting all asylum hotels as soon as possible is one of the Government’s top priorities and must be executed through a controlled, managed and orderly plan of work. This plan involves...

Asylum: Sponsorship

Alex Norris received a response to a question they put to the government

In the Restoring Order and Control policy statement, the Government committed to transforming its approach to safe and legal routes. This included the creation of a named sponsorship scheme to...

Asylum: Chevening Scholarships Programme

Alex Norris received a response to a question they put to the government

The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the number of people claiming asylum where the latest leave held prior to...

Asylum

Alex Norris received a response to a question they put to the government

The Home Office publishes data on returns in the ’Immigration System Statistics quarterly release’. Data on enforced and voluntary asylum-related returns in 2025 can be found in...

Undocumented Migrants: European Convention on Human Rights

Alex Norris received a response to a question they put to the government

We are committed to the ECHR. But it must evolve to reflect modern challenges like mass migration and ability to protect the public. That is why we are working with international partners to...

Topical Questions

Home Department

Alex Norris made a speech in the House of Commons

The hon. Gentleman secured and hosted a good debate on this subject only last week. It was well subscribed, and we had a very good conversation. As he is well experienced in this place, he will...

Topical Questions

Home Department

Alex Norris made a speech in the House of Commons

If the right hon. Gentleman checks the record, he will see that I answer an awful lot of questions from colleagues on a daily basis. I seek to give the fullest available information, so that we...

Topical Questions

Home Department

Alex Norris made a speech in the House of Commons

The Secretary of State has a strict legal liability to remove anybody who gets a sentence of a year or more and, from today, anyone who gets a suspended sentence of a year or more. Nevertheless,...

Topical Questions

Home Department

Alex Norris made a speech in the House of Commons

The hon. Gentleman will have heard me say that under this Government, removals have now reached 60,000. That is up by 31% on our predecessors, so I cannot accept the argument that we are not...

Topical Questions

Home Department

Alex Norris made a speech in the House of Commons

The hon. Gentleman knows that we work very closely with our European counterparts, especially France, our nearest neighbour. He mentions the important work that we do together, which has...