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Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of pandemic-related delays on asylum seekers’ eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain; and whether transitional provisions will be introduced to ensure th

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
4 Nov 2025
Target answer date
13 Nov 2025
Answer
13 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of pandemic-related delays on asylum seekers’ eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain; and whether transitional provisions will be introduced to ensure th

  2. 13 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    We have a proud history of providing protection to those who need it, for as long as it is needed, in accordance with our obligations under the Refugee Convention. Settlement applications are determined based on length of residence following a grant of pe...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: MOD Garats Hay

11 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the use of MOD Garats Hay to house asylum seekers.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Offenders

18 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds information on the number of immigrants granted asylum or indefinite leave to remain that have a criminal record either in the UK or abroad.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Visas

18 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her department monitors the whereabouts of people in the UK who overstay their visa.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Finance

9 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing asylum expenditure data by constituency.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Undocumented Migrants: Offenders

9 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of migrants that arrived in the UK by small boat that possess a criminal record either in the UK or abroad.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Migrants: Offenders

11 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants that possess a criminal record (a) in the UK and (b) abroad were previously thought by her Department to not hold a criminal record since July 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Undocumented Migrants: Offenders

5 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her department holds an estimate of the number of criminals in the UK that arrived in the country by irregular means.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Animal Experiments

30 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that organisations that hold licenses to use animals in science provide those animals with access to food and water; and if she will make an assessment of the potent

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

25 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on whether anyone that has been removed from the UK in 2026 has subsequently re-entered the country via small boat.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Alcoholic Drinks: Young People

10 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the age for alcohol purchasing to 16.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Immigration Controls: Community Relations

17 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department considers a person's potential impact on social cohesion and their likelihood of integration when assessing their asylum claim or visa application.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Hotels

17 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what change there has been in the number of hotels used to accommodate asylum seekers since 4 July 2024 for which the latest data is available.