Question follow-through · 118139

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Refugee protection to be reviewed every 30 months, published on 2 March 2026, what estimate she has made of the proportionate reduction in asy

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
4 Mar 2026
Target answer date
9 Mar 2026
Answer
10 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Refugee protection to be reviewed every 30 months, published on 2 March 2026, what estimate she has made of the proportionate reduction in asy

  2. 9 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    Any adult or accompanied child who claims asylum on or after 2 March 2026 and is granted refugee status or humanitarian protection will be given ‘Core Protection’, for a period of 30 months. This change is intended to reduce the pull factors behind high n...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Asylum: Overseas Students

10 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Visa brake imposed on 4 countries after widespread visa abuse, published on 4 March 2026, what information her Department holds on the number

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Visas

10 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Visa brake imposed on 4 countries after widespread visa abuse, published on 4 March 2026, whether she plans to expand visa bans to more countr

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Undocumented Migrants: Angola

10 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Visa brake imposed on 4 countries after widespread visa abuse, published on 4 March 2026, how many illegal migrants have been deported to Angola sin

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Undocumented Migrants: Namibia

10 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Visa brake imposed on 4 countries after widespread visa abuse, published on 4 March 2026, how many illegal migrants have been deported to Namibia si

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Undocumented Migrants: Democratic Republic of the Congo

10 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Visa brake imposed on 4 countries after widespread visa abuse, published on 4 March 2026, how many illegal migrants have been deported to the Democr

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Asylum

10 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Visa brake imposed on 4 countries after widespread visa abuse, published on 4 March 2026, what cap will be applied to the number of asylum seekers w

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Visas: Overseas Students

10 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Visa brake imposed on 4 countries after widespread visa abuse, published on 4 March 2026, what estimate she has made of the number of student visas

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Visas

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Visas: Overseas Students

10 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Department’s press release entitled Visa brake imposed on 4 countries after widespread visa abuse, published on 4 March 2026, what discussions she has had with the higher education sec

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Visas

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Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Asylum

11 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Visa brake imposed on 4 countries after widespread visa abuse, published on 4 March 2026, what estimate she has made of the number of asylum c

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Housing

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