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Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum
Senior ministerial position in the Government of the United Kingdom From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The minister of state for Border Security and Asylum[3] is a senior role in the British Home Office with responsibility for tackling irregular migration.
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It was previously known as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration, previously known as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and Courts and held in both the British Home Office and the Ministry of Justice. It was last held as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State by Simon Baynes MP who took the office on 8 July 2022 after a cabinet reshuffle.
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Responsibilities
The minister previously had the following responsibilities:[4]
For the Home Office:
- access to work, benefits and services
- detention
- returns
- foreign national offenders
- illegal immigration strategy
- overseas development aid
- Immigration Enforcement
- asylum
- resettlement
- casework
- animals (illegal wildlife trade)
- sponsorship of Border Force and immigration enforcement directorates
- supporting Lords Minister on corporate affairs, including the Spending Review and Budget
- COVID-19 impacts on business as usual function of asylum and returns systems, detention and Border Force
For the Ministry of Justice:
- foreign national offenders and removing barriers to removal
- immigration system legal reform
- joint Spending Review bids (working with Kit Malthouse)
- immigration crime sentencing reform
- detained fast track
- court and tribunal services and reform
- court and tribunal fees
- administrative justice
- supporting the Secretary of State on departmental finance
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References
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