Neil Shastri-Hurst MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Immigration: Hong KongHome OfficeTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51042More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Hong Kong BN(O) visa holders have settled in the UK under the bespoke immigration route since its launch; and what integration support is being provided.
Answer: The Home Office publishes statistics relating to indefinite leave to remain (ILR) in the Immigration system statistics publication. Data on the number of grants of ILR to those on the British National (Overseas) (BN(O)) route, is published in table Se_D02...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEspionage: ChinaHome OfficeTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51041More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested and (b) charged under espionage-related offences linked to the People’s Republic of China in the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office routinely collects and publishes information on arrests and charges in the 'Police Powers and Procedures', and 'Crime Outcome' statistics respectively. However, the requested data is not published at the level of detail requested.
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChina: National SecurityHome OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48706More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to (a) assess and (b) help tackle the potential risk of threats posed by the People's Republic of China on the United Kingdom's (i) national security, (ii) cyber se
Answer: We have a broad suite of powers available to respond to state threats. This includes measures in the National Security Act 2023 which make the UK a harder target for those states which seek to conduct hostile acts, as well as the National Security and Inv...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42064More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to allow time spent under the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme to count towards the five-year qualifying period for settled status.
Answer: We recognise the Ukrainian government’s desire for the future return of its citizens to Ukraine. It is important our approach respects these wishes. This is why the temporary sanctuary Ukraine Visa Schemes do not lead to settlement in the UK. Similarly, t...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordKnives: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that police resources for tackling knife crime at a local level are used effectively.
Answer: This Government has set out an unprecedented mission to halve knife crime over the next decade.As part of the £1 billion increase for policing in 2025-6 set out by the Home Secretary at the provisional police funding settlement, the Home Office is providi...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSubversion: RussiaHome OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23614More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help deter Russian interference in democratic processes in the UK.
Answer: Protecting the integrity and security of UK democratic processes from threats of foreign interference is a priority across government.The National Security Act 2023 provides the security services and law enforcement agencies with the tools and powers they...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordIran: National SecurityHome OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3537More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the levels of Iranian-based activity in the UK.
Answer: The Government does not routinely comment on the detail of operational matters or specific threats. But the UK will always stand up to threats from foreign states and this Government will always treat threats to the UK with the upmost seriousness.In conce...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
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