Sarah Pochin

28 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the longest time was for an asylum application to reach a final resolution in the last ten years.

28 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to staff who (a) examine and (b) process asylum claims on the implementation of background checks.

28 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has approved any asylum applications without a Watchlist and Information Control Unit check being carried out in the last ten years.

28 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications have been approved by her Department which have not had a Police National Computer check in the last five years.

22 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many stop and searches in have led to an arrest for (a) possession of a knife and (b) bladed article in the last 12 months.

22 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Stop and Search

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent guidance she has issued to police forces on the (a) lawful and (b) proportionate use of stop and search powers.

22 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of stop and search powers in reducing knife crime.

22 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Multiple Occupation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of houses of multiple occupancy that were accommodating asylum seekers in Runcorn and Helsby constituency.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Runcorn and Helsby

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations she received from the former Member of Parliament for Runcorn & Helsby on the condition of roads in that constituency between 5 July 2024 and 30 April 2025.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Holiday Activities and Food Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the criteria for additional summer holiday support to include all (a) kinship carers and (b) low-income families.

22 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Runcorn and Helsby

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support veterans to access (a) housing, (b) healthcare services and (c) employment support in Runcorn and Helsby constituency.

22 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Academic Year

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that local authority funding for school holiday support schemes is (a) properly audited and (b) delivers value for money.

22 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on public services from the population increase caused by immigration.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with Cheshire West and Chester Council on (a) road maintenance and (b) pothole repairs in Runcorn and Helsby constituency.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with Halton Borough Council on (a) road maintenance and (b) pothole repairs in Runcorn.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken assess (a) novel and (b) potentially inexpensive solutions for improving (i) pothole repair and (ii) other road maintenance.

3 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the highest number of further submissions was for an asylum application in last ten years.

3 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the longest recorded duration is for an asylum application to remain in the further submissions process without conclusion.

3 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many irregular mirgrants (a) have been convicted of criminal offences and (b) were awaiting sentencing on 3 June 2025.

3 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many irregular migrants have absconded while their asylum applications were being considered in the last 10 years.

3 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has undertaken Watchlist and Information Control Unit checks on all asylum applications in the last 10 years.

3 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Police National Computer checks have been carried out on all asylum applicants in the last 10 years.

3 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what background checks her Department conducts on irregular migrants applying for asylum.

3 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many irregular migrants who have (a) been refused asylum and (b) are at the further submissions stage were in receipt of legal aid on 3 June 2025; and what the total cost was for the provision of

3 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many irregular migrants who have (a) been refused asylum and (b) are undergoing the further submissions process were living in accommodation paid for by her Department on 3 June 2025; and what the

3 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Home Office: Sick Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the staff sickness rate for Asylum Decision Makers employed by the Home Office was (a) on 3 June 2025 and (b) in each of the last five years.

3 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Home Office: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Asylum Decision Makers left their role after (a) three, (b) six and (c) nine months in post.

3 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Home Office: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Asylum Decision Makers employed by the Home Office on 3 June 2025 had not completed the full training programme required for their role.

3 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Home Office: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the standard training period is for Asylum Decision Makers employed by her Department; and whether this period has changed in the last 10 years.

3 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of considering asylum applications at the further submissions stage in each of the last five years.