Max Wilkinson MP: written questions 2025
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Children: AsylumDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94376More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Home Office’s policy paper entitled Restoring order and control: a statement on the Government’s asylum and returns policy, published on 17 November 2025, what assessment her Department ha
Answer: The department will work with the Home Office as they carefully consider the appropriate pathways and wider provision for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and asylum-seeking families with children. We will continue to focus on ensuring vulnerable chi...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her department’s policy paper entitled Restoring order and control: a statement on the Government’s asylum and returns policy, published on 17 November 2025, what assessment her Depa
Answer: In developing our policies, we will take full account of the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and ensure these considerations inform policy development and relevant impact assessments. This will include consideration of our duties under Sect...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94374More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Restoring order and control: a statement on the Government’s asylum and returns policy, published on 17 November 2025, what assessment her Depa
Answer: In developing our policies, we will take full account of the specific needs and vulnerabilities of children and ensure these considerations inform policy development and relevant impact assessments. This will include consideration of our duties under Sect...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Human RightsAttorney GeneralTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93619More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, with reference to the Home Office policy paper entitled Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy, updated 20 November 2025, what assessment has the Attorney General made of how ch
Answer: This Labour government is committed to bringing back control and fairness to our border.By long-standing convention, the fact that I, or a fellow Law Officer, may have advised or not advised, as well as the content of our advice, is not disclosed outside ...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrants: Age AssuranceHome OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards her department are considering against instances where AI systems used to determine age produce incorrect results.
Answer: This government has commissioned work to further test and trial Facial Age Estimation technology with a view to integrating it into the age assessment system subject to the results of this testing and assurance.Assessing age is a complex task and no metho...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ExploitationHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93327More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce protections to ensure asylum seekers under the duress of criminal gangs are not punished for failing to disclose they are being influenced.
Answer: We recognise that that all asylum seekers are potentially vulnerable, and during the asylum decision making process, we aim to ensure that particularly vulnerable claimants are identified, the particular difficulties they may face in disclosing their expe...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Legal OpinionHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93326More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made with the Ministry of Justice of the capacity of the legal system to offer early legal advice to asylum seekers.
Answer: Reforms to the appeals system, including the development of a new independent appeals body will help asylum seekers have access to justice, overcome delays and restore public confidence. Early legal advice will be embedded as a core part of these reforms....
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRepatriation: PaymentsHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93325More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department is using to determine the correct financial remuneration for assisted voluntary return.
Answer: All criteria for accessing support to return is set out on the Voluntary Returns Service webpage at Get help to return home if you’re a migrant in the UK: Who can get help - GOV.UKWe are planning to pilot an increased financial package for a limited time ...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRepatriation: PaymentsHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93324More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what payment package her Department is considering as part of assisted voluntary return.
Answer: All criteria for accessing support to return is set out on the Voluntary Returns Service webpage at Get help to return home if you’re a migrant in the UK: Who can get help - GOV.UKWe are planning to pilot an increased financial package for a limited time ...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93323More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how does her department define an "unmeritous" asylum claim.
Answer: The asylum and returns policy statement sets out the intention to deal swiftly with unmeritorious protection claims that are made by nationals of manifestly safe countries in an attempt to frustrate their removal. In this context, an unmeritorious claim i...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: FinesHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93322More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what sliding scale her Department will use to impose visa penalties.
Answer: The Home Office keeps the returns cooperation of all its international partners under close and regular review and will not hesitate to take action where needed. Countries which do not cooperate on returns must demonstrate rapid and sustained improvements...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department is using to determine if a third country is safe to deport migrants.
Answer: The criteria to designate all, or part, of a country as safe for the purpose of certification of protection or human rights claims as clearly unfounded is set out in s94 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002:(5)The Secretary of State may by ...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrants: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the costs of deporting migrants through return hubs.
Answer: The Prime Minister has been clear since entering government that we need to have innovative and bold solutions to reduce the burden of migration on UK taxpayers. It would not be appropriate to pre-empt the outcome of ongoing negotiations and further detai...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department will use to designate a country as safe.
Answer: The asylum and returns policy statement sets out the intention to deal swiftly with unmeritorious protection claims that are made by nationals of manifestly safe countries in an attempt to frustrate their removal. In this context, an unmeritorious claim i...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: EmploymentHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Digital ID checks for the right to work on the ability of asylum seekers to compete against British nationals in the job market.
Answer: Asylum seekers who have been granted permission to work are expected to be able to obtain a digital ID for right-to-work checks once the scheme is fully implemented. As announced by the Prime Minister on 26 September, digital checks of an individual’s dig...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Local Government ServicesHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of supporting work asylum seekers who do not qualify for benefits on local authority spending.
Answer: Asylum seekers are not eligible for mainstream benefits (such as universal credit) which are available to British citizens and other permanent residents. However, if they would otherwise be destitute, the Home Office currently has a legal duty to offer su...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ExploitationHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her department's policy paper entitled Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy, updated on 20 November 2025, what assessment has her de
Answer: Asylum seekers are not eligible for mainstream benefits (such as universal credit) which are available to British citizens and other permanent residents. However, if they would otherwise be destitute, the Home Office currently has a legal duty to offer su...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Social Security BenefitsHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93315More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her department's policy paper entitled Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy, updated on 20 November 2025, who will hold the discreti
Answer: Asylum seekers are not eligible for mainstream benefits (such as universal credit) which are available to British citizens and other permanent residents. However, if they would otherwise be destitute, the Home Office currently has a legal duty to offer su...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her department's policy paper entitled Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy, updated on 20 November 2025, what process will her depa
Answer: The earned settlement consultation launched on 20 November 2025.
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Social Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93313More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy, updated on 20 November 2025, what criteria his Department
Answer: The Home Secretary announced, in the Home Office’s Asylum and Returns Policy Statement on 17 November 2026, that DWP will consult on the rules for taxpayer-funded benefits to prioritise access for long-term residents and those who are making an economic c...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: Social Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93312More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy, updated on 20 November 2025, when his department plans to
Answer: The Government has committed to a consultation on changes to taxpayer-funded benefits to prioritise access for those who are making an economic contribution to the UK. Further details about the consultation, including the timelines, will be announced in d...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93311More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy, updated on 20 November 2025, what are the criteria for
Answer: The earned settlement consultation launched on 20 November 2025.
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93310More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her department's policy paper entitled Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy, updated on 20 November 2025, under what circumstances w
Answer: The earned settlement consultation launched on 20 November 2025.
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her department's Policy paper entitled Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy, updated on 20 November 2025, when does her department p
Answer: The earned settlement consultation launched on 20 November 2025.
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93307More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her department's Policy paper entitled Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy, updated on 20 November 2025, what estimate has her depa
Answer: The earned settlement consultation launched on 20 November 2025.
Answered 25 Nov 2025
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