Kate Osamor MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Overseas Students: GazaHome OfficeTabled 29 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help students from Gaza who hold places at UK universities to come to the UK for studies beginning this year.
Answer: As confirmed in the Foreign Secretary’s statement of 24 June 2026, the Government has renewed support for high achieving students from Gaza to take up fully funded scholarships at UK universities for the 2026/27 academic year.The Government will work clos...
Answered 7 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordVisas: Overseas StudentsHome OfficeTabled 20 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128245More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to protect (a) visa-holders and (b) those holding university offers from being affected by the suspension of study visas from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sud
Answer: The decision to introduce the visa brakes was driven by clear evidence of high levels of visa-linked asylum claims across all four nationalities. By year ending September 2025, asylum applications by students from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan ...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordVisas: Overseas StudentsHome OfficeTabled 20 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128244More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of alternative measures to blanket nationality-based suspensions of student visas, such as targeted enforcement measures based on indivi
Answer: The decision to introduce the visa brakes was driven by clear evidence of high levels of visa-linked asylum claims across all four nationalities. By year ending September 2025, asylum applications by students from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan ...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Artificial IntelligenceHome OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what way asylum applicants are informed about the use of artificial intelligence; and what process is in place to address any errors.
Answer: The Home Office is investing in innovative techniques, including the use of AI, to explore how we can improve productivity and continue to maintain order in the asylum system.No process and/or tooling details are currently released to asylum claimants - t...
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordDeportation: Democratic Republic of CongoHome OfficeTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure non-refoulement in its migrant return policy with the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Answer: No one who is found to be at legitimate risk of persecution or serious harm will be expected to return to their country of origin. Individuals are only returned to their country of origin when the Home Office and, where applicable, the courts deem it is s...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Impact AssessmentsHome OfficeTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to publish the (a) Data Protection Impact Assessment and (b) Equality Impact Assessment for the (i) Asylum Case Summarisation and (ii) Asylum Policy Search tools.
Answer: It has not yet been confirmed whether the Department intends to publish a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) for either the Asylum Policy Search tool ([ii] APS; fully rolled out) and/or the Asylum Case Summarisation tool ([i] ACS; full roll out due ...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Artificial IntelligenceHome OfficeTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of using artificial intelligence in asylum (a) interviews and (b) casework on those processes.
Answer: The Home Office is investing in innovative techniques, including AI, to explore how we can improve productivity and continue to maintain order in the asylum system. AI technology does not make decisions on Asylum applications, instead, it helps analyse da...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordMissing PersonsHome OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to address the disproportionate number of Black and Black mixed heritage young people who are reported missing in the UK.
Answer: The Government is committed to working to ensure that children and young people are kept safe from harm, including when they are reported missing. This includes working to ensure that police forces are equipped to respond appropriately and working effecti...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106545More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will consider adopting the recommendations set out in Refugee Action’s report Laying the Foundations: Making asylum housing work by investing in communities, published in November 20
Answer: We are actively working with local authorities to develop several potential accommodation models that could ‘pilot’ a more sustainable, flexible and collaborative outcome. These ‘pilot’ models will examine potential alternative accommodation sources – in ...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal Experiments: ShellfishHome OfficeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87353More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 to include decapod crustaceans.
Answer: The Government is committed to an evidence-based and proportionate approach to setting welfare standards for decapod. This applies both to those caught for human consumption and to those used in scientific research. The Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrants: FamiliesHome OfficeTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of British citizen children living in households subject to No Recourse to Public Funds.
Answer: The No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) condition applies to the vast majority of adult temporary migrants in the UK and those without legal status, many of whom may not be in touch with the Home Office. Data on the children within migrant families is not ...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMetropolitan Police: Subject Access RequestsHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70631More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service on the time taken to process Subject Access Requests.
Answer: Compliance with data protection obligations, including the handling of Subject Access Requests (SARs), is the responsibility of individual police forces. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) produces guidance for organisations on how to comply with...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGangs: DatabasesHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70630More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the Metropolitan Police has made on abolishing the Gangs Matrix Database.
Answer: The Metropolitan Police confirmed on their website that they discontinued the Gangs Matrix on 13th February 2024.Data was retained for 12 months to ensure the force could serve any Right of Access requests and the data was deleted on 13th February 2025.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
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