Question follow-through · 32013

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of expanding safe and legal routes available to asylum seekers on the numbers of small boats crossing the Channel.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 21 Feb 2025
Target answer date: 25 Feb 2025
Answer: 3 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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More questions by this MP on Immigration and borders

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel · 4 Apr 2025
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Votes on this topic

Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026

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Recorded timeline

21 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of expanding safe and legal routes available to asylum seekers on the numbers of small boats crossing the Channel.
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Mar 2025
Answer published
The UK continues to welcome refugees and people in need through our existing global resettlement schemes which include the UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS), Community Sponsorship and the Mandate Resettlement Scheme. Safe and legal routes will continue to pla...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Possible follow-up questions

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4 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with representatives of Border Force on the potential impact of channel crossings on staff wellbeing.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Refugees

4 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with representatives of third sector organisations on support for refugees outside the UK.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Refugees: Visas

4 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the Public and Commercial Services Union and Care4Calais report entitled, Safe and Secure Routes: Refugee Visa-to-Trave

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Asylum

4 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 32013 on Asylum, whether she has commissioned any reports on expanding (a) safe and (b) legal routes for people seeking asylum within the last twelve

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Financial Services: Fraud

24 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle fraud through buy now, pay later schemes.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Financial Services: Fraud

24 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that buy now pay later schemes protect consumers from fraud.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Delivery Services: Health and Safety

24 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help protect the safety of home delivery drivers.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Migrants: Health Services

24 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of exempting migrants in employment from the Immigration Health Surcharge.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Migrants: Health Services

24 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of exempting migrants from the Immigration Health Surcharge after their second Leave to Remain application.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Immigration

24 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the ten year route to settlement to five years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Balochistan: Human Rights

12 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support UK citizens with relatives impacted by the human rights situation in Balochistan.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Visas: Digital Technology

30 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contingency measures are in place for people who are unable to access their eVisa due to (a) technical issues and (b) administrative errors.