Georgina Sturge

This Commons Library briefing paper is a guide to understanding UK migration statistics. It explains the concepts and methods used in measuring migration and setting out a range of data on migration in the UK and in European Union countries.

The use of contingency asylum accommodation - particularly, hotels and former military barracks - has recently increased. This has been due to issues with some asylum accommodation contracts and, more recently, measures to limit the risk of spreading Covid-19.

This briefing addresses some of the issues frequently raised by constituents about asylum claims in the UK.

In February 2020, The Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill 2019-21, was reintroduced as a Private Members Bill with Government support. The First Reading took place on 5 February 2020 with the Second Reading scheduled to take place on 23 October 2020.

A Westminster Hall debate on the spending of the Ministry of Justice on legal aid is scheduled for Thursday 22 October at 3pm. The Member leading the debate is Sir Robert Neill MP.

A Westminster Hall Debate on e-petition 321862 relating to immigration is scheduled for Monday 19 October 2020. The debate will be opened by Tom Hunt MP.

This Insight looks at how different ethnic groups compared statistically in areas such as convictions, sentencing lengths, types of offence, pleas and at the bench in 2019 across England and Wales.

Backbench Business: Spending of the Department for Digital, Culture and Media and Sport on support measures for the DCMS sectors during and after the Covid-19 pandemic debate is scheduled for 8 October 2020. Members leading the debate are Julian Knight MP and Kevin Brennan MP

This Commons Library briefing paper discusses the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities and provides related statistical and policy analysis.

An analysis of asylum statistics and trends in the UK and EU countries. Statistics on asylum seekers and refugees in the UK are published by the Home Office, while statistics on asylum in EU28 countries are published by Eurostat. These statistics contain data on the number of people applying for asylum, the outcomes of asylum applications, and the number of people being resettled to the UK. This edition contains a new section on asylum applications and Channel crossings in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.

In 2019, there were 3.4 million procedures completed involving regulated living animals, which was the lowest annual number since 2007. This note summarises and analyses trends in data, including the growth of universities as the dominant seat of research on animals, the use of different species, and the decline of research for toxicological purposes.

This briefing paper explores prison population data for the UK from the Ministry of Justice, Scottish Government, and the Northern Ireland Department of Justice.