Chris Philp MP: written questions 2026
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Written questions
Offenders: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 22 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders were not removed from the United Kingdom in the most recent year for which data is available because of an Article 3 ECHR medical claim.
Answer: The information that you have requested about Article 3 ECHR and deportation is not available from published statistics.We are fully committed to making our communities safer by returning those who break our laws, which is why in the period between this g...
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Temporary AccommodationHome OfficeTabled 21 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128741More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total number of asylum seekers is that are in receipt of her Department's support, by accommodation type, as of March 2026.
Answer: Data is published quarterly, on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation, broken down by type, can be found within the Immigration system statistics data tables available on GOV.UK.March 2026 data will be published on 21 May 2026.
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPoliceHome OfficeTabled 21 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in post as (a) full-time equivalents and (b) headcount as at 31 December 2025.
Answer: The Home Office publishes Accredited Official Statistics on the size of the police workforce in England and Wales on a biannual basis. Data is published in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin as a snapshotat 31 March and 30 Sept...
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigration Controls: Overseas VisitorsHome OfficeTabled 15 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department assessed the admissibility of (a) Francesca Albanese, (b) Omar Barghouti, (c) Saint Levant and (d) Norman Finkelstein prior to their entry into the UK.
Answer: The Home Office does not routinely comment on individual cases.The Home Secretary has the power to exclude a person who is not a British Citizen if their presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good. The Immigration Rules also provide for the re...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordExclusion OrdersHome OfficeTabled 15 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what comparative assessment she has made of (a) recent exclusion decisions and (b) previous cases involving individuals such as Raed Salah and Yusuf al-Qaradawi.
Answer: The Home Office does not routinely comment on individual cases.The Home Secretary has the power to exclude a person who is not a British Citizen if their presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good. The Immigration Rules also provide for the re...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordHasan Ali Al-Taraiki, Muhammad Qassem Sawalha and Zaher BirawiHome OfficeTabled 15 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of whether the presence in the UK of (a) Sheikh Hasan Ali Al-Taraiki, (b) Muhammad Qassem Sawalha and (c) Zaher Birawi is conducive to the public good.
Answer: The Home Office does not routinely comment on individual cases.The Home Secretary has the power to exclude a person who is not a British Citizen if their presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good. The Immigration Rules also provide for the re...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordOverseas Visitors: HamasHome OfficeTabled 15 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of recent visits to the UK by individuals who have publicly expressed (a) support for and (b) justification of Hamas.
Answer: The UK proscribed Hamas in its entirety in 2021. Supporting a proscribed organisation is a serious criminal offence and this Government will do whatever is required to keep communities in the UK safe and protect our national security.As set out in the rec...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordExclusion OrdersHome OfficeTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127136More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the consistency of the application of powers to exclude foreign nationals from the UK in cases involving people with (a) controversial public rhetoric and (b) reported
Answer: The Home Office does not routinely comment on individual cases.The Home Secretary has the power to exclude a person who is not a British Citizen if their presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good. Exclusion is reserved for cases involving nat...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordKanye WestHome OfficeTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127135More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set out the criteria to determine whether an person's presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good; and if she will set out how those criteria were applied in the decision to ref
Answer: The Home Office does not routinely comment on individual cases.The Home Secretary has the power to exclude a person who is not a British Citizen if their presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good. Exclusion is reserved for cases involving nat...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigration Controls: Proscribed OrganisationsHome OfficeTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127134More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set out what powers are available to (a) refuse entry to and (b) remove from the UK people who have publicly expressed support for proscribed organisations after being admitted.
Answer: The Home Office does not routinely comment on individual cases.The Home Secretary has the power to exclude a person who is not a British Citizen if their presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good. Exclusion is reserved for cases involving nat...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordHamas: Muslim BrotherhoodHome OfficeTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127133More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the links between Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood in the context of national security policy.
Answer: Although The Home Office does not comment on specific groups or individual cases, I would like to reassure The Rt Hon gentleman that we are committed to continually building our understanding of the extremist threat and monitor groups that pose a threat t...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordMuslim BrotherhoodHome OfficeTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127132More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to undertake a further review of the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood in the UK.
Answer: Although The Home Office does not comment on specific groups or individual cases, I would like to reassure The Rt Hon gentleman that we are committed to continually building our understanding of the extremist threat and monitor groups that pose a threat t...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordOffenders: Foreign NationalsHome OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders were in the community as of 30 September 2025 by nationality.
Answer: The latest published information can be found at: Migration transparency data - GOV.UK.The information you have requested on the number of foreign national offenders (FNOs) living in the community split by nationality is not available from published stati...
Answered 15 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordBritish Muslim Trust: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123651More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department have awarded the funding to the British Muslim Trust which was pledged in July 2025.
Answer: Hate crimes targeting Muslims are now at record levels: in the year to March 2025, there were 4,478 religious hate crimes against Muslims, representing almost half of all religious hate crimes. This is abhorrent and this Government is committed to tacklin...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 23 March 2026 to question 121386, if she will list the asylum-related removals in 2025 by nationality.
Answer: The Home Office publishes statistics on returns from the UK in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. The latest data on asylum-related returns by return type and top 10 most common nationalities in 2025 can be found in table Ret_04 of the...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigration: English LanguageHome OfficeTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure the security of fully remote English language testing in the immigration system.
Answer: Before any decision can be made to formally include remote testing as part of the Home Office English Language Testing service, the Home Office will ensure a full Cyber Security Assessment including a Threat Assessment is conducted to ensure compliance wi...
Answered 31 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigration: English LanguageHome OfficeTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has conducted (a) an evaluation and (b) risk report on the potential of cheating within fully remote English language testing for migrants.
Answer: The Home Office has carefully considered and evaluated the risks of a remote delivery model as part of the procurement to replace current Secure English Language Testing arrangements. This evaluation has informed the development of the Department's securi...
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigration: English LanguageHome OfficeTabled 19 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has conducted a risk assessment of fully online English language testing for migrants seeking to come to the UK.
Answer: The Home Office has carefully considered the risks of a remote delivery model as part of the procurement to replace current Secure English Language Testing arrangements.The key risks centre on maintaining the integrity and security of the immigration syst...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordOverseas Students: Student WastageDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what number of international students by university and by nationality who dropped out of university in the academic year 2024/2025.
Answer: The Office for Students (OfS) publishes statistics across different aspects of the student lifecycle by higher education providers to help inform regulatory processes. The Student Outcomes Data Dashboard is accessible here: https://www.officeforstudents.o...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordOverseas Students: Student WastageHome OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the number of international students by university and by nationality who dropped out of university in the academic year 2024/2025.
Answer: The Home Office does not currently publish data on the number of student visas issued for individuals attending specific universities, nor does it provide information regarding students who fail to complete their course.Information on Home Office Entry Cl...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121386More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for the number of (a) enforced and (b) voluntary asylum-related removals in 2025 for all nationalities.
Answer: 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 Ret_05 with a further breakdown by top 10 nationalities in Ret_04 of the ‘Ret...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: RadicalismDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of potential foreign state ideological influence operating through student networks affiliated to UK universities.
Answer: This government is committed to freedom of speech and academic freedom within the law, but those freedoms do not extend to behaviour that constitutes extremist intimidation, harassment and incitement to hatred.The National Security Act 2023 introduced off...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: IranHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119376More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on student society statements praising Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Answer: As the Education Secretary made clear in her statement to Parliament on 2 March, universities should be places of open discussion and dialogue, where views should be challenged and questioned. But there is no place for hate speech or intimidation on campu...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: IranHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to open new legal routes for Iranian nationals affected by the regional conflict.
Answer: The Government has not introduced a bespoke visa route in response to the conflict. Existing visa routes remain available and Iranian nationals who wish to come to the UK can apply to do so via these routes.Any application for a UK visa will be assessed a...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: IranHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119374More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the conflict with Iran on the number of asylum applications from Iranian nationals; and what steps she is taking to manage the antici
Answer: There is no provision within our Immigration Rules for someone to be allowed to travel to the UK to seek asylum or temporary refuge. Those who need international protection should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach – that is the fastest rou...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
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