To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1st November 2006, Official Report, column 496W, on asylum/immigration, what the date was of application of the last case decided upon in the week commencing 23rd October 2006.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1st November 2006, Official Report, column 496W, on asylum/immigration, what the date was of application of the last case decided upon in the week commencing 23rd October 2006.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what process the Government will use to assess risk of trafficking in developing their returns programme for unaccompanied children who have been refused asylum; and if he will consult non-governmental organisations in the UK in developing this programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what process the Government will use to assess risk of trafficking in developing their returns programme for unaccompanied children who have been refused asylum; and if he will consult non-governmental organisations in the UK in developing this programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2006, Official Report, column 1667W, on asylum and immigration, how much compensation was paid by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate to members of the public in each of the past five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2006, Official Report, column 1667W, on asylum and immigration, how much compensation was paid by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate to members of the public in each of the past five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many failed asylum seekers who were required to report to (a) police stations and (b) Home Office reporting centres have failed to attend at least one reporting session since 1 January 2006.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many failed asylum seekers who were required to report to (a) police stations and (b) Home Office reporting centres have failed to attend at least one reporting session since 1 January 2006.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the total annual cost of Government support to failed asylum seekers resident in the UK in each of the last nine years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the total annual cost of Government support to failed asylum seekers resident in the UK in each of the last nine years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost of asylum seekers was to each local authority in 2005-06; and what estimate he has made of the cost to each local authority in 2006-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost of asylum seekers was to each local authority in 2005-06; and what estimate he has made of the cost to each local authority in 2006-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has of the whereabouts and well-being of failed asylum seekers (a) Ahmed Sharef and (b) Mahde Mohammed following their enforced return to Iraq.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has of the whereabouts and well-being of failed asylum seekers (a) Ahmed Sharef and (b) Mahde Mohammed following their enforced return to Iraq.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were given (a) discretionary leave and (b) humanitarian protection to remain following a failed asylum application in each year since 2003; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were given (a) discretionary leave and (b) humanitarian protection to remain following a failed asylum application in each year since 2003; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how regularly the Department reviews its opinion on whether a country is safe for returning asylum seekers.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how regularly the Department reviews its opinion on whether a country is safe for returning asylum seekers.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimates he has made of the number of people living in the UK who (a) have and (b) have had asylum seeker status.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimates he has made of the number of people living in the UK who (a) have and (b) have had asylum seeker status.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the reasons are for the change in the number of outstanding asylum cases in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate since 1 June.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the reasons are for the change in the number of outstanding asylum cases in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate since 1 June.

What is their policy on the treatment of persons who become stranded in the United Kingdom, having been granted asylum in the United States, and having been refused second applications to the United States authorities for renewal of their convention travel documents, following their attendance at institutions of higher education...

What is their policy on the treatment of persons who become stranded in the United Kingdom, having been granted asylum in the United States, and having been refused second applications to the United States authorities for renewal of their convention travel documents, following their attendance at institutions of higher education...

What criteria they use to evaluate the success of immigration removal centres; and whether the initial acceptance rate of 1 per cent for new detained asylum seekers in the fast track process at Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre is an indicator of success.

What criteria they use to evaluate the success of immigration removal centres; and whether the initial acceptance rate of 1 per cent for new detained asylum seekers in the fast track process at Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre is an indicator of success.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what percentage of social housing provided in the south east of England is allocated to (a) asylum seekers, (b) foreign nationals who have indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom and (c) foreign nationals who have further leave...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what percentage of social housing provided in the south east of England is allocated to (a) asylum seekers, (b) foreign nationals who have indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom and (c) foreign nationals who have further leave...

SI 2006/2898 (Negative instrument). Together with an explanatory memorandum form Department for Constitutional Affairs. Coming into force 27 November 2006. (L.12)Replaces SI 2006/2789

SI 2006/2898 (Negative instrument). Together with an explanatory memorandum form Department for Constitutional Affairs. Coming into force 27 November 2006. (L.12)Replaces SI 2006/2789

What is the average length of detention of asylum seekers subject to the fast track process at immigration removal centres; and how this compares with the figures before the process was introduced.

What is the average length of detention of asylum seekers subject to the fast track process at immigration removal centres; and how this compares with the figures before the process was introduced.

How long victims of torture, rape and sexual violence have under the fast track process at immigration removal centres to obtain independent legal and professional advice in time for both their initial claims and their appeals; and what priority their cases receive.

How long victims of torture, rape and sexual violence have under the fast track process at immigration removal centres to obtain independent legal and professional advice in time for both their initial claims and their appeals; and what priority their cases receive.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will take steps to ensure that funding for the New Link Centre in Peterborough constituency is assured in 2007-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will take steps to ensure that funding for the New Link Centre in Peterborough constituency is assured in 2007-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many postal applications for a variation of leave to remain in the UK were awaiting determination in each quarter since January 2004; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many postal applications for a variation of leave to remain in the UK were awaiting determination in each quarter since January 2004; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his Department has received any information about a Tamil asylum seeker returned by UK authorities and subsequently killed; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his Department has received any information about a Tamil asylum seeker returned by UK authorities and subsequently killed; and if he will make a statement.