Source · Select Committees · Home Affairs Committee
Recommendation 77
77
Deferred
Paragraph: 226
Publish thorough, accurate data to support assertions of National Referral Mechanism abuse for asylum.
Recommendation
We recommend that the Government publishes thorough and accurate data to support its assertions of significant abuse of the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) to claim asylum to enable objective assessment of the scale of the problem. This data should include: NRM decision outcomes for people who arrive in the UK on small boats; the number of victims positive Conclusive Grounds NRM decisions who receive a grant 80 Human trafficking of Temporary Permission to Stay (and other forms of leave) to remain in the UK; those referred to the NRM who claim asylum, and their asylum outcomes, combined with their NRM referrals and outcomes; and the number and characteristics of people in immigration detention and prison who are referred to the NRM and their NRM decision outcomes.
Government Response Summary
The government did not commit to publishing the specific data types requested to support assertions of NRM abuse. Instead, it stated it is monitoring and evaluating the New Plan for Immigration and related Acts, revising the work to include the Illegal Migration Act 2023.
Paragraph Reference:
226
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
77. The Home Office is monitoring and evaluating the New Plan for Immigration and the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, and has revised this work to take into account the Illegal Migration Act 2023. The programme monitoring will analyse data from a range of indicators to assess whether the measures introduced are meeting our objectives. Evaluation will be conducted in line with HM Treasury Magenta Book principles to provide detailed insight on the process, impact and value for money of changes implemented, and will be integrated into the delivery of the Acts.