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Mr. Love: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what (a) essential needs and (b) minimum weekly costs of unsuccessful asylum seekers his Department is required to meet; and if he will make a statement. [64109]
Mr.
McNulty: Destitute unsuccessful asylum seeking families
with minor dependants normally continue to receive support under
section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. The average cost of
section 95 support, including accommodation and subsistence, from
un-audited April 2005 to November 2005 financial information, is
estimated at £141 per person per week. Other destitute
unsuccessful asylum applicants who meet the eligibility criteria may be
supported under section four of the Immigration and
Asylum Act 1999. Support is normally provided in self-catering
accommodation with vouchers provided for the purchase of food and
essential toiletries. The average cost of section four support for the
period April 2005 to November 2005 is estimated at £129 per
person per
week.
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Russian nationals have been granted political asylum since 1 January 2005; and how many of them (a) were facing criminal charges in Russia and (b) have been subject to requests for extradition by the Russian authorities. [84172]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 10 July 2006]: 25 (rounded to the nearest five) Russian nationals have been granted asylum between 1 January 2005 and 31 March 2006. According to management information figures, four of those have also been the subjects of requests by the Russian Federation for extradition.
Martin Linton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average cost of processing an asylum application, including support, is according to the most recently available figures. [84812]
Mr. Byrne: The most recently audited figure for the average cost of processing an asylum application in the Immigration Nationality Directorate, including support, is £3,050. This figure represents the average cost for asylum screening and initial decision but excludes legal aid and is derived from the National Audit Office report “Improving the Speed and Quality of Asylum Decisions”, HC535 Session 2003-04, publication date 23 June 2004.
Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum applications were received from Somalia in each of the last five years; how many have been in 2006-07; how many of these have been (i) approved, (ii) rejected and (iii) not determined; and how many Somali people have been returned under immigration law. [85003]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 17 July 2006]: Available information on asylum applications, initial decisions, appeals and removals for nationals of Somalia are published quarterly and annually. Copies of these publications are available from the Library and from the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics website at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html. The next publication covering the second quarter of 2006 will be published on the22 August 2006.
David T.C. Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the daily food budget is per person for asylum seekers in asylum seeker detention centres. [85101]
Mr. Byrne: The average daily cost of detaining a person in an immigration removal centre is £116. This includes the cost of providing three meals a day for each detainee.
Jim
Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for
the Home Department how many asylum seekers whose
cases failed had an address in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne at the
point of failure in each year from 2000 to 2005.
[86567]
Mr. Byrne: Available statistics on the location of asylum seekers in the UK are linked to the available information on the support that the asylum seeker receives. The numbers of asylum seekers supported by the National Asylum Support Service (NASS) are published on a quarterly and annual basis, broken down by local authority. Data on asylum seekers supported by NASS broken down by parliamentary constituency are also available from the Library of the House.
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum applications were received from (a) Sierra Leone, (b) Indonesia, (c) the Democratic Republic of Congo and (d) Angola in each of last five years; how many have been received from each country in 2006-07; how many have (i) been approved, (ii) been rejected and (iii) not been determined in each case; and how many people from each country have been returned under immigration law. [86884]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 24 July 2006]: The information requested is not available. Information on asylum applications, initial decisions, appeals and removals by nationality are published quarterly and annually. Copies of these publications are available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics website at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html. The next publication covering the second quarter of 2006 will be published on the 22 August 2006.
Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many removals of failed asylum applicants have been made in the last (a) one, (b) three and (c) 12 months. [85747]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 14 July 2006]: Information relating to the number of removals of asylum applicants is available from the Quarterly Asylum Statistics bulletin published in May 2006. At present the latest figures available correspond to the first quarter of 2006. Statistics on immigration and asylum, including the Quarterly Asylum bulletin, are available on the Home Office’s research Development and Statistics website at: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html
Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the difference has been between the number of failed asylum seekers removed and the number of new applications for asylum in each of the last 12 months. [85749]
Mr.
Byrne [holding answer 14 July 2006]: Information on
the number of failed asylum seekers removed and the number of new
applications for asylum has been published as part of the public
performance target: removing more failed asylum seekers than new
anticipated unfounded applications.
Copies of this report are available at the IND website:
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/aboutus/tippingpointsresults.pdf
Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any person granted family indefinite leave to remain since October 2003 had at the time of approval (a) a criminal conviction and (b) been the subject of (i) an antisocial behaviour order and (ii) a sex offender order. [85750]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 14 July 2006]: I am advised that from the Immigration Nationality Directorate internal records we are aware that we have, due to the exceptional nature of their cases indefinite leave to remain was granted to three families, where the applicant had an unspent criminal conviction for a recordable offence. None of these people were the subject of an antisocial behaviour or a sex offender order. In addition, four cases involving unspent convictions for non-recordable offences were also granted on a discretionary basis due to exceptional circumstances.
Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been granted family indefinite leave to remain (ILR) in each (a) month, (b) quarter and (c) year since the family ILR exercise began. [85751]
Mr. Byrne [holding answer 14 July 2006]: Information on the Family ILR Exercise is published quarterly and annually. Copies are available from the Library and on the Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate website at:
<http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html>
| Month | Indefinite leave to enter (ILE) | Indefinite leave to remain (ILR) | Grand total |
| Quarter | Indefinite leave to enter (ILE) | Indefinite leave to remain (ILR) | Grand total |
| Indefinite leave to enter (ILE) | Indefinite leave to remain (ILR) | Grand total | |
Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many former members of the armed forces from (a) Commonwealth and (b) other countries subsequently applied to become British citizens in each year since 1997. [85805]
Mr. Byrne: An applicant's former or current occupation is not separately recorded and these statistics could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of asylum seekers who are not complying with reporting requirements to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate. [85865]
Mr.
Byrne: Since April 2005 we have been monitoring the level
of compliance with reporting requirements. Individuals who are placed
on a reporting restriction are required to report at a
reporting centre or a police station at regular intervals. This interval
will vary from a daily reporting event up to reporting each month
depending upon individual circumstances. Information we have indicates
that four out of five of all planned reporting events in 2005-06 took
place.
Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many detainees held under immigration powers are on hunger strike in each institution. [85397]
John Reid: We record detainees who have refused to eat the meals provided. Records indicate that on 12 July there were three detainees who had refused to take the meals provided for three days or more. I am advised that one person is detained at Colnbrook and two are detained at Harmondsworth. All three are taking fluids and two are known to be buying food from the centre’s shop.
Mr. Walter: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children have been detained for 21 days or more in immigration detention centres in each of the last 10 years. [75518]
Mr. Byrne: Period statistics covering October to December 2005 have been published in the latest Quarterly Asylum bulletin. Published editions of this bulletin and other information on immigration and asylum are available on the Home Office's Research Development and Statistics website at: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html.
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the operation of Regulation (a) 364, (b) 365, (c) 366, (d) 367 and (e) 368 of the Immigration Rules; what recent representations he has received about the operation of rules; and whether he plans to amend these rules. [70361]
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