Home Office Weekly Updates
9th- 15th May 2022
This week the Home Office’s flagship policy to stem the tide of Channel Migrants dominated the data and daily publications. The headline news story covered details of the first illegal migrants facing removal to Rwanda, details of the Rwanda Migration partnership and the issuing of guidance on Rwanda country policy information, an attempt to get ahead of the potential legal claims to stop the process working.
Collection data is the Home Office method of collating analysis and research on areas under it remit. This week saw a mammoth release of such collection updates on EU migration, immigration, crime, policing statistics. In addition we were provided with a large data dump of statistics and data on the Fire services and fire related incidents.
Plenty of data on Ukraine Schemes from numbers of visas applied for to the processes required for satisfying any of the various schemes to help Ukrainian refugees was provided. and other topics of modern slavery, national security, fraud were also touched upon this week.
Finally, the introduction of a new bill on state security is likely to provide a great deal of inspection in particular where it impacts on individual freedoms.
Steven Woolfe – Director
The Centre for Migration & Economic Prosperity
14th May 2022
NEWS STORIES
First Illegal migrants told of impending removal to Rwanda
Government takes first steps to operationalise the Migration and Economic Development Partnership.
Smuggling gang sentenced after locking migrants into wardrobe ‘hides’
Five people smugglers have been sentenced for locking migrants into purpose-built ‘hides’ made from wardrobes and secured with screws.
Bahrain and Saudi Arabia get UK electronic visa waiver status
Bahrain and Saudi Arabia to join other Gulf Cooperation Council countries with electronic visa waiver status for UK travel.
Home Secretary stands firm on tackling guerrilla protest tactics
The Home Secretary brings back measures to tackle highly disruptive protests that are causing misery for millions.
Biggest overhaul of state threats legislation for a generation
New bill to keep our country safe
LAW & IMMIGRATION RULES
Updates 45 changes published 11 May 2022
HOME OFFICE CONSULTATIONS:
Outcome:Code of Practice for Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000
HOME OFFICE POLICY PAPERS:
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: Assault on Emergency Workers equality statements
Equality statements contained in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: overarching documents
These documents relate to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: factsheets
Factsheets giving details of the different measures contained in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022..
Statement of changes to the immigration rules: HC17, 11 May 2022
Public Order Bill: overarching documents
These documents relate to the Public Order Bill.
National Security Bill: overarching documents
These documents relate to the National Security Bill 2022.
Response to an inspection of contingency asylum accommodation (hotels)
A government response to the ICIBI’s inspection of contingency asylum accommodation.
Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan
The government’s plan will drive down the prevalence of domestic abuse and domestic homicide and provide victims and survivors with the support they need.
HOME OFFICE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS:
Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme: Visa data by country, upper and lower tier local authority
Numbers of visas issued sponsored by individuals, by local authority in separate tables for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Home Office Indicators of Integration framework 2019 third edition
This indicators framework provides practical ways to design more effective strategies, monitor services and evaluate integration interventions.
HOME OFFICE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS:
Migration and Economic Development Partnership with Rwanda
Equality analysis of how the Migration and Economic Development Partnership with Rwanda may affect groups with particular protected characteristics.
Migration and Economic Development Partnership with Rwanda
Equality Impact. Assessment
HOME OFFICE GUIDANCE:
Ukraine Extension Scheme: caseworker guidance
Guidance for caseworkers on how to decide applications for permission to stay under the Ukraine Extension Scheme.
Asylum support contracts safeguarding framework
Describes how the Home Office and our commissioned providers ensure the safety and wellbeing of those we are accommodating.
Immigration information for Ukrainians in the UK: your next steps
Information about the next steps Ukrainians need to take after arriving in the UK to confirm their immigration status.
Rwanda: country policy and information notes
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Apply for a Ukraine Family Scheme visa
Guidance for family members of British nationals, UK settled persons and certain others to come to or stay in the UK under the Ukraine Family Scheme.
Draft Code of Practice for Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000
Guidance for examining officers and review officers exercising powers under Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000.
Immigration information for Ukrainians in the UK: your next steps
Information about the next steps Ukrainians need to take after arriving in the UK to confirm their immigration status.
Apply for a Ukraine Family Scheme Visa
Guidance for family members of British nationals, UK settled persons and certain others to come to or stay in the UK under the Ukraine Family Scheme.
Ask for ANI domestic abuse codeword: information for pharmacies
Find out how to sign up to the Ask for ANI codeword scheme if you are a UK pharmacy, and where to record disclosures.
Helpline and support: victims of terrorism
Helpline and support services for people affected by a terrorist attack.
Advice on how to support a victim of terrorism
How family, friends, peers and the community surrounding victims of terrorism can help support someone who has been affected by a terrorist attack.
Apply for a Ukraine Family Scheme visa
Guidance for family members of British nationals, UK settled persons and certain others to come to or stay in the UK under the Ukraine Family Scheme.
Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for UK visa applicants and temporary UK residents
This is advice for visa customers and applicants in the UK, visa customers outside of the UK and British nationals overseas who need to apply for a passport affected by travel restrictions associated with coronavirus.
HOME OFFICE TRANSPARENCY DATA
Home Office: business appointment rules advice
This page summarises advice given under the business appointment rules to applicants at SCS2 and SCS1 level and equivalents.
Piloting devolving decision-making for child victims of modern slavery
The Home Office has launched a pilot programme that will test alternative models of decision-making for child victims of modern slavery and human trafficking.
Joint Fraud Taskforce management board minutes: 2022
Minutes of the Joint Fraud Taskforce management board meetings for 2022.
Modern Slavery: National Referral Mechanism and Duty to Notify statistics UK, Quarter 1 2022 – January to March
Statistics on referrals to the National Referral Mechanism, for potential victims of modern slavery in quarter 1 2022
Fire and rescue incident statistics: England, year ending December 2021
Focuses on incidents and fires attended by fire and rescue services, fire-related fatalities, casualties from those fires and response times to those fires.
Fire statistics data tables
The Home Office collects detailed information on incidents attended by Fire and Rescue Services.
Fires in hotels attended by FRSs and those where heat and smoke damage affected the “whole building”, 2015-16 to 2020-21
New analysis of fires in hotels.
Fires in multiple occupancy dwellings by extent of damage, 2010-11 to 2020-21
New analysis of fires in multiple occupancy dwellings.
Fire-related fatalities and non-fatal casualties in dwelling fires caused by electricity, 2010-11 to 2020-21
New analysis of fires caused by electricity.
Fire statistics incident level datasets
The Home Office collects detailed information on incidents attended by Fire and Rescue Services.
EU Settlement Scheme statistics, April 2022
This report provides monthly statistics on applications made to the EU Settlement Scheme.
Ukraine Family Scheme and Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme: visa data
Latest operational data on applications to come to or stay in the UK under the Ukraine Family Scheme and Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine)
HOME OFFICE RESEARCH & COLLECTION DATA
Joint Fraud Taskforce
Information about the Joint Fraud Taskforce (JFT), including membership, meeting minutes and the sector-based charters to combat fraud.
The Public Order Bill
Information relating to the Public Order Bill introduced in the House of Commons on 11 May 2022.
EU Settlement Scheme statistics
This page brings together documents relating to published statistics on the EU Settlement Scheme.
Fire and rescue incident statistics
National statistics on fires, casualties, false alarms and non-fire incidents attended by the fire and rescue services in England.
Migration research and analysis
This collection brings together all documents relating to migration research, analysis and statistics, including reports produced by the European Migration Network (EMN).
Migration statistics
This series brings together documents relating to migration statistics.
Crime statistics
This series brings together all documents relating to crime statistics.
National Referral Mechanism statistics
Statistics on referrals to the National Referral Mechanism, for potential victims of modern slavery.
Responses to reports by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration
Home Office responses to inspection reports by the Independent Chief Inspector.
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