Esther McVey MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Undocumented Migrants: DNAHome OfficeTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department collects the DNA of people who arrive illegally in the UK.
Answer: The Home Office currently collects biometric data of small boat arrivals in the form of facial images and fingerprints, but keeps the nature of such checks under regular review.
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: BiometricsHome OfficeTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2025 to Question 58584 on Undocumented Migrants: Biometrics, what the limited exceptions are where biometric data may not be collected at the time of encounter from i
Answer: This would include for example, children under five, who are only required to provide facial photographs, or people who are physically unable to provide biometric information at the time of their arrival because of medical emergencies. In such cases, the ...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: TrainingHome OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59395More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff network events took place in her Department in May 2025; and what the names of those events were.
Answer: Staff network events are organised in staff members’ own time, and are only centrally registered when there is any use of taxpayers’ money approved for the facilitation of such an event. No events were centrally registered in May.
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: GenderHome OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has updated guidance on the use of single-sex facilities in response to the Supreme Court judgement in the case of For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers of 16 April 2025.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave on 6 May to Question 47431.
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: CheshireHome OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who arrived illegally into the UK (a) in total and (b) who are housed in Cheshire had their biometrics taken upon entry into the country in the last 12 months.
Answer: Obtaining the specific information requested would involve collating and verifying information from multiple systems owned by multiple teams across the Home Office and, therefore, could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: CheshireHome OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58590More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants that are housed in Cheshire have (a) committed a crime and (b) been denied protected status after committing a crime in each of the last three years.
Answer: The requested information is not available from published statistics and could only be obtained for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost. However, work is currently underway to publish more detailed information on foreign nation...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: OffendersHome OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58589More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants have committed a crime in each of the last three years; and how many have been denied protected status after committing a crime.
Answer: Work is currently underway to publish more detailed information on foreign national offenders (FNOs) subject to deportation. Further information on this work can be found at: Statistics on foreign national offenders and the immigration system - GOV.UK.Of ...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: CheshireHome OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what accommodation housing illegal immigrants in Cheshire has received additional security measures; and for what reason.
Answer: The Home Office does not comment on the specific locations or operational details of individual accommodation sites, including decisions on any security measures in place, but in all such decisions, the safety and security of local communities, staff, and...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: OffendersHome OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2025 to Question 52848 on Offenders: Foreign Nationals, what steps her Department is taking to support the police when immigrants who have arrived in the UK illegally
Answer: The Home Office communicates regularly with local police forces, and with the National Police Chiefs’ Council, to assess the operational implications of housing asylum seekers in different areas and regions around the country, and will always do what is n...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: BiometricsHome OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58585More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there are circumstances in which biometric data is not collected from immigrants arriving in the UK illegally.
Answer: The Home Office requires the collection of biometric data (facial images and fingerprints) from all individuals who enter the UK unlawfully. We use them to confirm a person’s identity and to assess whether the person poses a threat to public safety. Biome...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: BiometricsHome OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58584More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what biometric tests her Department expects police to carry out on immigrants arriving in the UK illegally.
Answer: The Home Office requires the collection of biometric data (facial images and fingerprints) from all individuals who enter the UK unlawfully. We use them to confirm a person’s identity and to assess whether the person poses a threat to public safety. Biome...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: CheshireHome OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58583More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes have been committed by immigrants who arrived in the UK illegally in Cheshire in each of the last five years.
Answer: This Government pledged to deliver the highest rate of removals since 2018 and this target has been surpassed, with a surge in returns activity since the election leading to almost 30,000 people with no right to be in the UK being removed before the end o...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: OffendersHome OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58582More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigrants who arrived illegally into the UK have committed more than (a) one, (b) three, (c) five and (d) 10 crimes.
Answer: This Government pledged to deliver the highest rate of removals since 2018 and this target has been surpassed, with a surge in returns activity since the election leading to almost 30,000 people with no right to be in the UK being removed before the end o...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: FingerprintsHome OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58206More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fingerprints have been collected from illegal immigrants arriving in the UK in each of the last five years.
Answer: Obtaining the specific information requested would involve collating and verifying information from multiple systems owned by multiple teams across the Home Office and, therefore, could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: CheshireHome OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58205More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fingerprints have been collected from illegal immigrants housed in Cheshire in each of the last five years.
Answer: Obtaining the specific information requested would involve collating and verifying information from multiple systems owned by multiple teams across the Home Office and, therefore, could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNon-crime Hate IncidentsHome OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 904436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of abolishing non-crime hate incidents.
Answer: The Home Secretary has been clear about the priorities that she wants police forces across the country to focus on, and she has also been clear that a consistent and common-sense approach must be taken in relation to non-crime hate incidents.As agreed wit...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders: Foreign NationalsHome OfficeTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the penalty is for foreign national offenders who breach the conditions of their tag.
Answer: Available information on the number of individuals electronically monitored (EM) in each of the last five years is available here: Electronic Monitoring Statistics Annual Publication, March 2024 - GOV.UK, but is not broken down by nationality.When an FNO ...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders: Foreign NationalsHome OfficeTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders have breached the conditions of their tag in each of the last five years.
Answer: Available information on the number of individuals electronically monitored (EM) in each of the last five years is available here: Electronic Monitoring Statistics Annual Publication, March 2024 - GOV.UK, but is not broken down by nationality.When an FNO ...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders: Foreign NationalsHome OfficeTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders have been tagged in each of the last five years.
Answer: Available information on the number of individuals electronically monitored (EM) in each of the last five years is available here: Electronic Monitoring Statistics Annual Publication, March 2024 - GOV.UK, but is not broken down by nationality.When an FNO ...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: CheshireHome OfficeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) fingerprints, (b) photos and (c) DNA samples have been collected from illegal immigrants housed in Cheshire in each of the last five years.
Answer: Obtaining the specific information requested would involve collating and verifying information from multiple systems owned by multiple teams across the Home Office and, therefore, could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordIdentification of Criminals: Undocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51364More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) fingerprints, (b) photos and (c) DNA samples have been collected from illegal immigrants arriving in the UK in each of the last five years.
Answer: Obtaining the specific information requested would involve collating and verifying information from multiple systems owned by multiple teams across the Home Office and, therefore, could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Electronic TaggingHome OfficeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51363More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department uses to determine which illegal immigrants will be tagged.
Answer: When granted immigration bail, an individual may have specific conditions attached to their bail, such as electronic monitoring, a residence restriction or other conditions appropriate to the individual. A breach of any of the bail conditions that are set...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Minimum WageHome OfficeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19677More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the police service in (a) England and (b) Wales of the increase in minimum wage.
Answer: On 12 December, the PSC issued a circular stating that it has agreed to the deletion of the lowest pay point (£23,286) on the PSC Pay Spine with effect from 1 April 2025. This is to reflect that the increase in the National Living Wage, which will take ef...
Answered 27 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPolice: Employers' ContributionsHome OfficeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19676More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the police service in (a) England and (b) Wales of the increase in Employers' National Insurance Contributions.
Answer: On 12 December, the PSC issued a circular stating that it has agreed to the deletion of the lowest pay point (£23,286) on the PSC Pay Spine with effect from 1 April 2025. This is to reflect that the increase in the National Living Wage, which will take ef...
Answered 27 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14085More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the nationalities are of immigrants accommodated in the Cresta Court Hotel in Altrincham.
Answer: For the safety, security and wellbeing of staff and those being accommodated, the Home Office does not comment publicly on individual accommodation sites.When a person claims asylum, the Home Office conducts mandatory identity and security checks. Biograp...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
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