Chris Philp MP: written questions
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Asylum: OffendersHome OfficeTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86261More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to stop foreign offenders wanted for crimes abroad from (a) crossing the Channel and (b) claiming asylum in the UK.
Answer: We have launched the Border Security Command (BSC) whose work is imperative not only to stop criminals from entering the UK via small boats in the first place but to stop anyone from making these dangerous journeys. This is why the BSC is working with par...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86260More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to track people crossing the Channel who might pose a security risk.
Answer: We have launched the Border Security Command (BSC) whose work is imperative not only to stop criminals from entering the UK via small boats in the first place but to stop anyone from making these dangerous journeys. This is why the BSC is working with par...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: Greater LondonHome OfficeTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82355More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of the cases included in her formal review of grooming gang investigations are in London; in which London boroughs these cases are; and what the dates are of each case.
Answer: We can confirm that over 1,200 cases have been identified for review in the first phase of the review of cases that ended with ‘No Further Action’ that was announced by the previous Home Secretary in January 2025. This is now a component part of Operation...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer of 24 June 2025 to Question 59762 on Immigration, what progress her Department has made on each of the proposals she plans to bring into effect.
Answer: The Restoring Control of the Immigration System White Paper published 12 May 2025 set out reforms to legal migration, so that we can restore order, control and fairness to the system, bring down net migration and promote economic growth. On 1 July 2025 ...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have had Indefinite Leave to Remain status revoked in each of the last five years.
Answer: In order to respond to your request, a manual data extraction would be required. Under section 12(1) of the FOIA, the Home Office is not obliged to comply with an information request where to do so would exceed the appropriate limit. We estimate that the ...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Private Rented HousingHome OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether landlords in Croydon are being offered rents above market rates to house asylum seekers.
Answer: The Home Office has a legal obligation to provide accommodation for asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute, whilst their claims are being processed.This Government is determined to restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, f...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented Housing: RentsHome OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that long-standing tenants in Croydon are not (a) evicted and (b) displaced by higher rental offers made to landlords by (i) Serco and (ii) other contractors.
Answer: The Home Office has a legal obligation to provide accommodation for asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute, whilst their claims are being processed.This Government is determined to restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, f...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Private Rented HousingHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70608More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of asylum accommodation contracts on the private rented housing market in Croydon.
Answer: When this Government came to office, we inherited a system where hotels had become one of the primary means of providing asylum accommodation – with more than 400 in use in Autumn 2023 at a cost of almost £9 million per day – and where a 70 per cent colla...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70607More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Serco has been contracted to provide asylum seeker accommodation in Croydon.
Answer: When this Government came to office, we inherited a system where hotels had become one of the primary means of providing asylum accommodation – with more than 400 in use in Autumn 2023 at a cost of almost £9 million per day – and where a 70 per cent colla...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordIVF: AsylumDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many asylum seekers have received NHS-funded IVF treatment since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Neither the Department nor NHS England holds data on who accesses in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority publishes information on the numbers and IVF cycles carried out, including whether they were private...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: InquiriesHome OfficeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to establish an independent national inquiry into group-based child sexual exploitation.
Answer: On the 16 June the Home Secretary announced that she had accepted all 12 of Baroness Casey’s recommendations from her National Audit into Group-based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.As part of this, and as recommended by Baroness Casey, the Government...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders: Foreign NationalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59150More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will provide a breakdown of the number of foreign national offenders supervised by the Probation Service by nationality.
Answer: The latest published data on the nationality of offenders supervised by the Probation Service as at 31st December 2024 can be found at Table 6_9_Caseload_Nationality in the attached link: probation-Oct-to-Dec-2024.ods.Foreign nationals who commit crime sh...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: NationalityMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59149More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will provide a breakdown of offences by the nationality of the serving inmate.
Answer: Our current approach to publication of nationality data is in line with that used during the previous Conservative Government and does not include a breakdown of offences by nationality of prisoners. However, we are monitoring the data that we collect and...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: StudentsHome OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking in relation to institutions that have sponsored high numbers of students who have later claimed asylum.
Answer: The Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May, sets out proposals for reform in a wide range of areas, including student visas, further details of which will be set out in due course.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: StudentsHome OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the number people who came to the UK on a study visa and later claimed asylum for each sponsoring institution.
Answer: The Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May, sets out proposals for reform in a wide range of areas, including student visas, further details of which will be set out in due course.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders: Foreign NationalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national offenders are in (a) the community and (b) prison as of 31 March 2025, broken down by nationality.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) in prison and the number of Foreign National Offenders supervised by the Probation Service as part of its Offender Management Statistics Quarterly. For the pu...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: Skilled WorkersHome OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to implement the £38,000 family visa salary threshold.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave on 22 May to Question 52912.
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: Care WorkersHome OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40546More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the rules laid in Parliament on 12 March 2025 on care workers, how many social care workers have (a) been removed from the UK and (b) had their visas cancelled as a result of their s
Answer: The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: Care WorkersHome OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40545More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the rules laid in Parliament on 12 March 2025 regarding social care, how a social care provider can prove that they have tried to recruit domestically before seeking to sponsor new r
Answer: The Home Office will publish guidance for sponsors in line with the new rules coming into effect on 9 April.
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the judgement in case UI-2024-005295 issued in the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber on 13 January 2025, whether her Department has plans to appeal the judgement.
Answer: The Home Office does not routinely comment on individual cases or legal proceedings in which it is a participant.
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Migrant WorkersTreasuryTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28963More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of % December 2024 to Question 16739 on Employment, what proportion of the increase in employment level is due to net immigration.
Answer: The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is responsible for producing forecasts of the UK economy. The OBR’s latest forecasts, including detail of its forecasts of employment and net migration, are set out in the OBR’s October 2024 Economic ...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: AlbaniaHome OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28942More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the Italian Government decision to use naval ships to transport migrants to Albania.
Answer: The Italian navy has competence for the transfer of migrants rescued in international waters to the centres in Albania run by the Italian government.As part of this Government’s expansion of international cooperation in the fight against Organised Immigra...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will use sanctions including visa penalties on countries that do not cooperate with the removal of their nationals.
Answer: Where cooperation with countries on returns falls below the levels expected, and where appropriate, we stand ready to use all levers available to us to encourage cooperation, including the power to impose visa penalties.
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders and Undocumented Migrants: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28531More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will accelerate deportations of (a) foreign national offenders and (b) illegal immigrants.
Answer: We pledged to deliver the highest rate of removals since 2018 and this has been surpassed, with a surge in returns activity since the election leading to nearly 19,000 people with no right to be in the UK being removed in the first six months this governm...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: Organised CrimeHome OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28530More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to proscribe drug cartels as terrorist organisations.
Answer: The criteria for proscribing an organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000, and the Governments approach to commenting on those decisions remain exactly the same as they were when the Rt Hon Member was a Home Office Minister.
Answered 10 Feb 2025
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