Select Committee · Public Accounts Committee
An analysis of the asylum system
Status: Open
Opened: 12 Dec 2025
In December 2024, government committed to “restore order to the asylum and immigration system,” with a number of interventions and changes to policy including the UK-France treaty targeting illegal crossings and the pilot ‘one in, one out’ scheme enabling returns of failed asylum seekers. Almost 110,000 people claimed asylum in the year to March 2025, …
Oral evidence sessions
| Date | Witnesses | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Jan 2026 | Dr Jo Farrar · Ministry of Justice, Dr Rannia Leontaridi OBE · Home Office, Emma Churchill · Ministry of Justice, Josh Goodman · Office for Local Government, Simon Ridley CB · Home Office | View ↗ |
Correspondence
| Date | Direction | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Mar 2026 | To cttee | Letter from the Acting Permanent Secretary at the Home Office relating to the C… |
| 23 Feb 2026 | To cttee | Letter from the Second Permanent Secretary at the Home Office relating to a fol… |