To ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals have been granted temporary protection since the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 came into force; and what proportion of such individuals were under the age of 18.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to assess the ability of Rwanda to accommodate asylum seekers under the age of 18; and whether a safeguarding review will be undertaken.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many of the 22 individuals granted resettlement through the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme Pathway 2 in 2022 are currently residing in the UK.
To ask His Majesty's Government which countries the 887 refugees who were granted resettlement through the UK Resettlement Scheme in 2022 come from.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the analysis by the Child Poverty Action Group, published in June 2022, which found that there are currently 800,000 children in poverty in England that are not eligible for free school meals, what steps they ar...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost of providing the same monthly 'thank you' payments to those hosting people who arrived in the UK through the Ukraine Family Scheme as are provided to hosts on the Homes for Ukraine...
To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to publish details of how the £150 million funding for local authorities to support people on Ukraine visa schemes into longer term accommodation will be allocated.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the earnings threshold for those eligible for free school meals given the increased cost of living.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many children are in receipt of Universal Credit but are not eligible for free school meals.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Trussell Trust report An Essentials Guarantee: Reforming Universal Credit to ensure we can all afford the essentials in hard times, published on 27 February, what assessmen...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation report An Essentials Guarantee: Reforming Universal Credit to ensure we can all afford the essentials in hard times, published on 27 February, which found that "95 per cent of peop...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many children are currently eligible for free school meals but have not yet made a claim.
To ask His Majesty's Government when people who arrived in the UK through the Ukraine Family Scheme will be able to be re-matched with hosts who offer their homes through the Homes for Ukraine scheme.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to consult with local authorities on an annual quota for refugee resettlement; and when they anticipate the first of these annual quotas will be brought before Parliament.
To ask His Majesty's Government what barriers they have identified to increasing the number of people who could be resettled through the Mandate Resettlement Scheme.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals, whose applications were declared inadmissible for asylum but who were unable to be returned to a third country, have been added to the list of asylum applications.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals’ asylum applications were declared inadmissible in 2022; and what percentage of such individuals were returned to a safe or third country.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average processing time for a decision on the admissibility of an asylum application.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to trial an Emergency Resettlement Mechanism that is wider than existing schemes as originally proposed in the New Plan for Immigration, published on 24 March 2021.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 6 December 2022 (HL3643), why they did not produce a statement of community involvement when the consultation on extending planning permission for the accommodat...