Asylum: Crime
Commons · Question 3094 · Tabled 19 May 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 3 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department monitors how safeguarding disclosures made by asylum seekers relating to alleged criminal incidents prior to arrival in the UK are handled by local police forces.
Answer
Answered by Alex Norris, 3 Jun 2026
Although police forces are operationally independent, the Home Office is part of a national coordination network with policing which manages the impact of immigration on policing, including identifying and mitigating risks from asylum placement.There are ...