Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 2025

29 Apr 2026 | Written question Home Office linked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled New UK-France agreement to reduce illegal crossings, published on 23 April 2026, what e

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled New UK-France agreement to reduce illegal crossings, published on 23 April 2026, what estimate she has made of the proportional reduction in …

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Home Office linked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers in Northern Ireland are awaiting a decision, broken down by length of wait.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers in Northern Ireland are awaiting a decision, broken down by length of wait.

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Home Office linked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers in Northern Ireland are awaiting appeal or further submissions.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers in Northern Ireland are awaiting appeal or further submissions.

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Home Office linked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if they will list the excess profits recorded under each of the seven regional Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts (AASC) for each year fr

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if they will list the excess profits recorded under each of the seven regional Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts (AASC) for each year from 2019 to 2024; and how much …

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Home Office linked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are currently housed in Northern Ireland in hotels, initial accommodation, dispersal accommodation and contingency accomm

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are currently housed in Northern Ireland in hotels, initial accommodation, dispersal accommodation and contingency accommodation.

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Home Office linked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been paid to private providers for asylum accommodation in Northern Ireland in each year since 2019-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been paid to private providers for asylum accommodation in Northern Ireland in each year since 2019-20.

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Home Office linked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been provided to the Executive Office, Department for Communities, Department of Health, Department of Education, councils,

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been provided to the Executive Office, Department for Communities, Department of Health, Department of Education, councils, charities or contractors in Northern Ireland for asylum

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Home Office linked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals in Northern Ireland receive asylum support under section 95, section 98 or section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals in Northern Ireland receive asylum support under section 95, section 98 or section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Home Office linked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hotels in Northern Ireland are currently being used for asylum accommodation, broken down by local government district.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hotels in Northern Ireland are currently being used for asylum accommodation, broken down by local government district.

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Home Office linked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of how foreign nationals in Northern Ireland prisons, broken down by (a) nationality, (b) sentence statu

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of how foreign nationals in Northern Ireland prisons, broken down by (a) nationality, (b) sentence status, (d) offence type and (e) immigration …

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Home Office linked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what Northern Ireland-specific data her Department holds but does not publish on asylum, immigration enforcement, removals and foreign national o

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what Northern Ireland-specific data her Department holds but does not publish on asylum, immigration enforcement, removals and foreign national offenders.

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Home Office linked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints, contract failures, service credits or financial penalties have been recorded against asylum accommodation providers in North

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints, contract failures, service credits or financial penalties have been recorded against asylum accommodation providers in Northern Ireland since 2019.

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Home Office linked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if they will list the total number of performance failures recorded under each of the seven regional Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts (

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if they will list the total number of performance failures recorded under each of the seven regional Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts (AASC) in each year from 2019 to 2024; …

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Home Office linked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been paid for hotel accommodation for asylum seekers in Northern Ireland in each month since January 2020.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been paid for hotel accommodation for asylum seekers in Northern Ireland in each month since January 2020.

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Home Office linked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will publish a Northern Ireland-specific asylum expenditure table covering accommodation, subsistence, healthcare-related suppo

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will publish a Northern Ireland-specific asylum expenditure table covering accommodation, subsistence, healthcare-related support, education-related support, legal support, transport

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Home Office linked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Northern Ireland-specific performance data is collected under the Asylum Accommodation and Support Contract and AIRE contract.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Northern Ireland-specific performance data is collected under the Asylum Accommodation and Support Contract and AIRE contract.

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Home Office linked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has provided to Northern Ireland in each financial year since 2019-20 for asylum accommodation, broken down by sc

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has provided to Northern Ireland in each financial year since 2019-20 for asylum accommodation, broken down by scheme, recipient body and local council area.

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Home Office linked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding has been provided to Northern Ireland councils for asylum dispersal, integration, English language support, advice services, communi

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding has been provided to Northern Ireland councils for asylum dispersal, integration, English language support, advice services, community hubs or related services in each year since 2019-20.

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Home Office linked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish all Home Office grants, contracts, memoranda of understanding or transfer payments relating to asylum support in Northern Ire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish all Home Office grants, contracts, memoranda of understanding or transfer payments relating to asylum support in Northern Ireland since 2019.

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Home Office linked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff are currently engaged in the management and oversight of asylum accommodation contracts, broken down by (a) directly employed depa

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff are currently engaged in the management and oversight of asylum accommodation contracts, broken down by (a) directly employed departmental staff and (b) external contractors and consult

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27 Apr 2026 | Written question Home Office linked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims of Modern Slavery with a positive conclusive grounds decision were eligible for Local Authority housing during the period 1st Ja

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims of Modern Slavery with a positive conclusive grounds decision were eligible for Local Authority housing during the period 1st January 2025 to 31st December 2025.

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