Kirsty Blackman MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Asylum: WomenHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60106More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) women-only and (b) family-only hotels staffed exclusively by women for female refugees.
Answer: The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration and asylum system under regular review, and works closely with our accommodation providers, the police and a range of other experts and stakeholders to provide the best possible safeguards for female as...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Gender Based ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has produced for sub-contracted accommodation providers to (a) prevent and (b) better respond to the sexual violence and abuse faced by asylum-seeking women in hotel accom
Answer: The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration and asylum system under regular review, and works closely with our accommodation providers, the police and a range of other experts and stakeholders to provide the best possible safeguards for female as...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Gender Based ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60042More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to (a) the Women for Refugee Women report entitled Coercion and Control, published in September 2024 and (b) the Imkaan and Rape Crisis England and Wales joint report entitled Not Safe
Answer: The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration and asylum system under regular review, and works closely with our accommodation providers, the police and a range of other experts and stakeholders to provide the best possible safeguards for female as...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: EmploymentHome OfficeTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53864More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential long-term impact of the work ban for people seeking asylum on (a) mental health, (b) barriers to future employment and (c) integration i
Answer: While the wellbeing of those in the asylum system is important, it is also vital to continue cracking down on illegal working, and protect those employers and employees who will play by the rules from being undercut.However, the Government provides specif...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Gender Based ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53863More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the asylum system on the vulnerability to gender-based violence and exploitation of women seeking safety; and what steps she has taken to mitiga
Answer: While the wellbeing of those in the asylum system is important, it is also vital to continue cracking down on illegal working, and protect those employers and employees who will play by the rules from being undercut.However, the Government provides specif...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Gender Based ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a ban on employment for women seeking asylum on levels of vulnerability of those women to gender-based (a) violence and (b) exploitation; and wh
Answer: While the wellbeing of those in the asylum system is important, it is also vital to continue cracking down on illegal working, and protect those employers and employees who will play by the rules from being undercut.However, the Government provides specif...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugeesHome OfficeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many decisions on statelessness applications made in 2024 were challenged through administrative review; how many of those reviews have been completed; and how many of those completed resulted in
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.
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugeesHome OfficeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many rejections of statelessness applications submitted in 2024 have been followed by renewed applications.
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.
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugeesHome OfficeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to data provided by her Department in relation to the court case Asylum Aid v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 316 (Admin), for what reason 170 statelessness appli
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.
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugeesHome OfficeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the most common grounds were for the rejection of statelessness applications submitted in 2024.
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.
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: TrainingHome OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2025 to Question 36658 on Home Office: Training, whether the training described is specific to statelessness determination.
Answer: All training undertaken by Home Office staff is intended to be relevant for the work tasks they are assigned.
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: TrainingHome OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2025 to Question 36658 on Home Office: Training, how many technical specialists are employed by her Department to provide training on statelessness determination onl
Answer: The statelessness training is not restricted to a single technical specialist and may be delivered by any number of technical leads (who have a wider remit) across the Asylum and Human Rights Operational area.
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: StaffHome OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48928More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list the job titles of staff in her Department's statelessness determination unit.
Answer: The statelessness unit job titles include the following:Administrative Support OfficersDecision MakersTechnical SpecialistsTeam LeadersSenior CaseworkersSenior Operational ManagersDeputy Chief CaseworkersChief CaseworkerAssistant Director
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Information OfficersHome OfficeTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47219More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many posts there are for (a) press, (b) media and (c) other communications staff in her Department; and what the salary band is for each post.
Answer: In the central Home Office communications team, there are a total of 127 Full Time Equivalent Government Communication Service professionals.Of this total, 35 work solely in the media discipline which covers press and media responsibilities.This is the la...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugeesHome OfficeTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38364More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 36656 on Refugees, whether any statelessness determination applications have been refused since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The information requested is not available from published statistics, but, in general, casework actions on statelessness claims are taken daily and we routinely review and monitor outstanding statelessness cases to ensure they are progressed without delay...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugeesHome OfficeTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38363More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 36656 on Refugees, whether any statelessness determination applications have been granted since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The information requested is not available from published statistics, but, in general, casework actions on statelessness claims are taken daily and we routinely review and monitor outstanding statelessness cases to ensure they are progressed without delay...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: TrainingHome OfficeTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38362More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2025 to Question 36658 on Home Office: Training, how many people have been mentored in the last 12 months.
Answer: The information requested is not readily available, and could only be collected for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: TrainingHome OfficeTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38361More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2025 to Question 36658 on Home Office: Training, how many people have acted as mentors in the last 12 months.
Answer: The information requested is not readily available, and could only be collected for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugeesHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36659More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department employs anyone to work exclusively on statelessness determination applications.
Answer: The Home Office employs a small team which covers the issue of statelessness applications, but also routinely covers different, or additional work, as business needs and priorities require.
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: TrainingHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will outline the (a) content and (b) frequency of statelessness-specific training for her Department's statelessness determination unit.
Answer: Statelessness Determination training for caseworkers new to this work, consists of two weeks classroom training covering the Statelessness Convention and the relevant immigration rules and how these apply to statelessness casework with case studies.After ...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugeesHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36657More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were refused statelessness status by her Department in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.
Answer: The information requested is not available from published statistics and could only be collated and verified for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugeesHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36656More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were granted statelessness status by her Department in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.
Answer: The information requested is not available from published statistics and could only be collated and verified for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: StaffHome OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are employed (a) full-time and (b) part-time in her Department's statelessness determination unit.
Answer: Staffing and budget of the unit working on statelessness determination cannot be disaggregated from the wider team within which it sits.The number of people employed in the Department’s statelessness determination unit is not information that is published...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugeesHome OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35266More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the 2024-25 budget is for her Department's statelessness determination unit.
Answer: Staffing and budget of the unit working on statelessness determination cannot be disaggregated from the wider team within which it sits.The number of people employed in the Department’s statelessness determination unit is not information that is published...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugeesHome OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33897More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) range and (b) average processing times were for statelessness determination applications since 4 July 2024.
Answer: The information requested is not available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering these questions at disproportionate cost.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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