Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions
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4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality.
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AsylumHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the scope is of work to change (a) people capabilities, (b) processes and (c) technology for asylum (i) casework, (ii) accommodation and (iii) other support through the Asylum Transformation Prog
Answer: The Asylum Transformation Programme consists of a number of projects delivering improvements to the people, processes and technology that make up the Asylum system. Those improvements are delivered across 4 operational areas or programme pillars; Asylum C...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what each of the clusters of the Asylum Support Accommodation Programme are responsible for implementing.
Answer: Ahead of the roll out of FACT in 2029 when the current AASC contracts end, it was determined that a faster short term measure needed to be introduced to find more non hotel based asylum accommodation, in answer to this need BASP was developed to bridge th...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on preparing an outline business case for the Asylum Support Accommodation Programme.
Answer: Under the Asylum Support and Accommodation Programme (ASAP) now known as Future Asylum Contract Transformation (FACT) Project, a Delivery Model Assessment was undertaken looking at the current contractual landscape for Asylum Support. This includes the cu...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Annual Report 2024-25, published on 11 August 2025, which teams attended the most recent planning workshop for the As
Answer: Asylum Support Accommodation Programme is a Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) programme, currently classified as Tier A – Monitoring. The programme engages in monthly meetings with its NISTA representative to review progress and discuss delivery ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79638More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of replacing the Advice, Issue Reporting and Eligibility contract as part of the Asylum Support Accommodation Programme.
Answer: Under the Asylum Support and Accommodation Programme (ASAP) now known as Future Asylum Contract Transformation (FACT) Project, a Delivery Model Assessment was undertaken looking at the current contractual landscape for Asylum Support. This includes the cu...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of replacing the Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts as part of the Asylum Support Accommodation Programme.
Answer: Under the Asylum Support and Accommodation Programme (ASAP) now known as Future Asylum Contract Transformation (FACT) Project, a delivery model assessment was undertaken looking at the current Asylum contractual landscape alongside future business needs, ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which locations her Department plans to provide new asylum accommodation under the Asylum Support Accommodation Programme.
Answer: Under the Asylum Support and Accommodation Programme (ASAP) now known as Future Asylum Contract Transformation (FACT) Project, a Delivery Model Assessment was undertaken looking at the current contractual landscape for Asylum Support. This includes the cu...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on implementing the Asylum Support Accommodation Programme.
Answer: The Asylum Support Accommodation Programme is currently developing its Outline Business Case (OBC) for internal approval, anticipated towards the end of 2025. This OBC will shape the next phase of the programme by setting out the procurement strategy for ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordManston Asylum Processing CentreHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to replace the (a) operator and (b) healthcare service contracts as part of the Manston Transformation Programme.
Answer: The Department is in the process of replacing these service contracts.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordManston Asylum Processing CentreHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of what the capacity of Manston will be following the completion of the Manston Transformation Programme.
Answer: There are no plans to increase capacity, and this is being reduced as efficiencies have been made to the processing of arrivals and asylum case working.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordManston Asylum Processing CentreHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79632More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what new accommodation her Department plans to build at Manston as part of the Manston Transformation Programme.
Answer: Plans for further improvements to the processing and short-term holding facilities at Manston are under review and have not yet been finalised.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordManston Asylum Processing CentreHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79631More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made on implementing the Manston Transformation Programme.
Answer: The procurement process is proceeding to planned timelines. The new contract for healthcare services was recently awarded. The single contract will replace multiple existing contracts, set up at pace since 2018, and reflects the improvements that have bee...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79550More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people claiming asylum arrived through regular migration pathways from 1 January 2025 to 1 July 2025.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘asylum detailed datasets’ as part of the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’.Data on asylum claims by route of entry to the UK is published in table Asy_D01a and data on initial decisions on a...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79528More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were receiving accommodation support in (a) July 2024 and (b) July 2025.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘asylum detailed datasets’ as part of the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’.Data on asylum claims by route of entry to the UK is published in table Asy_D01a and data on initial decisions on a...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood PolicingHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79408More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many named neighbourhood officers are in place in England and Wales.
Answer: The Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee ensures that every neighbourhood has named, contactable officers, with details available via each local police force’s website.As part of the Guarantee, 3,000 additional officers and PCSOs will be deployed to neighbour...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood PolicingHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79407More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where can residents find the details of their named neighbourhood officer.
Answer: As part of the Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee, every neighbourhood across England and Wales now has named and contactable neighbourhood officers, dedicated to addressing the issues that matter most to their communities.The public can find the details of...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBiometrics: Hare CoursingHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79381More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the news story entitled Live Facial Recognition technology to catch high-harm offenders, published on 13 August 2025, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using
Answer: The Government is committed to equipping police forces with the tools they need to tackle serious crimes, locate offenders and bring them to justice.As part of this commitment, the Home Office has funded the roll-out of ten live facial recognition (LFR) v...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: BiometricsHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79380More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the news story entitled Live Facial Recognition technology to catch high-harm offenders, published on 13 August 2025, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extend
Answer: The Home Office has funded the roll-out of ten live facial recognition (LFR) vans to seven host police forces, with Bedfordshire Police being one of those forces. Access to the LFR vans is available to all forces including Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79312More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's press release entitled UK-France treaty targeting illegal crossings comes into force, published on 7 August 2025, what the eligibility checks required to qualify for
Answer: The eligibility criteria for the UK/European Applicant Transfer Scheme (the legal route) are set out in published immigration rules which can be found at the following link: Immigration Rules - Immigration Rules Appendix UK/
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79311More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's press release entitled UK-France treaty targeting illegal crossings comes into force, published on 7 August 2025, what input (a) she and (b) her Department has had i
Answer: The Home Secretary and her Department have not had direct input into the French review of their maritime approach in relation to the operationalisation of interceptive tactics on small boats. While recognising that it would not be appropriate to provide d...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79310More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's press release entitled UK-France treaty targeting illegal crossings comes into force, published on 7 August 2025, what the level of interoperability is between UK Bo
Answer: There is no direct engagement between the specialist intelligence and judicial police unit the Groupe d’Appui Operationnel and UK Border Force.However, newly established law enforcement units such as these are all part of this Government’s commitment to s...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's press release entitled UK-France treaty targeting illegal crossings comes into force, published on 7 August 2025, what the interoperability is of the Compagnie de Ma
Answer: The Compagnie de Marche of enforcement officers has been mobilised, similar to the arrangements that were put in place during the Paris Olympics. The unit’s officers have specialist public order powers to address increases in violence on French beaches. T...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHuman Trafficking: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's press release entitled UK-France treaty targeting illegal crossings comes into force, published on 7 August 2025, how many new specialist enforcement officers have b
Answer: The Compagnie de Marche of enforcement officers has been mobilised, similar to the arrangements that were put in place during the Paris Olympics. The unit’s officers have specialist public order powers to address increases in violence on French beaches. T...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHuman Trafficking: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79307More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's press release entitled UK-France treaty targeting illegal crossings comes into force, published on 7 August 2025, how many members of the criminal groups behind the
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.The National Crime Agency (NCA) publish a perform...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's press release entitled UK-France treaty targeting illegal crossings comes into force, published on 7 August 2025, what discussions she has had with the French author
Answer: In their Joint Declaration of the 37th UK-France Summit on 10 July 2025 the Prime Minister and President Macron committed to deepening UK/France cooperation on tackling irregular migration to the UK.As a result of the strengthened relationship between the...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
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