Max Wilkinson MP: written questions
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Repatriation: 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
Original Parliament recordNew Businesses: InvestmentTreasuryTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92914More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her department is taking to change (i) the tax system and (ii) public sector funds to encourage further investment in start-ups and early stage companies.
Answer: The Government is committed to making the UK the best place to start and grow a business, recognising the importance of a competitive investment environment for economic growth. The UK is already the best place in Europe to start a business, and Autumn Bu...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Life: FraudHome OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88415More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many National Fraud Intelligence Bureau 1D dating scam offences were recorded in the (a) 2024-25, (b) 2023-24. (c) 2019-20 and (d) 2014-15 financial year.
Answer: The Home Office does not collect information on romance fraud. The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB), which sits within City of London Police, collects data on Dating Scam Fraud. This is collected from the reports made to Action Fraud that amounte...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFraudHome OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88414More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department collects on romance fraud.
Answer: The Home Office does not collect information on romance fraud. The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB), which sits within City of London Police, collects data on Dating Scam Fraud. This is collected from the reports made to Action Fraud that amounte...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88413More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will hold discussions with train companies on enforcing rules relating to quiet carriages.
Answer: Many train operators have introduced quiet carriages on their services which require passengers to be considerate of others by keeping noise levels to a minimum. The enforcement of this is for the train operators to manage, and Great British Railways will...
Answered 14 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Special Educational NeedsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88412More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the level of SEND diagnoses on levels of welfare spending.
Answer: It is not possible to quantify the totality of the impact of SEND in terms of welfare spending. The department will continue to work closely with the Department for Education on improving the support for and chances of all young people.
Answered 14 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: DeportationMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87945More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times a court has cited (a) Article 3 and (b) Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights as a reason for the non-deportation of an asylum seeker in the last 12 months.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally. It may be held in court records, but to determine that and obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDriver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: PaymentsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87944More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many different transactions or processes between members of the public and DVLA can only be completed if payment is made by a member of the public by (a) cash, (b) cheque and (c) postal order.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) offers nearly 50 main customer facing services and the vast majority of these are available online with a range of payment options. Only seven applications currently require payment by cash, cheque or postal ...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
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