§ Mr. Jim Marshallasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what categories of payment or support are, for the purposes of administering the immigration rules, regarded by him as recourse to public funds.
§ Mr. RaisonAny recourse to public funds may be taken into account, but the most significant categories are likely to be receipt of supplementary benefit and accommodation by a local authority under the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977. Whether or not a person would on this ground be refused further stay would depend upon his status here, and the nature and degree of his recourse to public funds.
§ Mr. Jim Marshallasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he applies a time limit for the guarantee required of a liable relative in pursuance of the immigration rules to maintain and accommodate an immigrant.
§ Mr. RaisonNo. It would be for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Services to decide in what circumstances to take recovery proceedings against a person who had given such an undertaking.
§ Mr. Jim Marshallasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions in the last 12 months his Department has used social security data in reviewing the immigration status of an entrant.
§ Mr. RaisonSocial security data may be used in some individual cases in reviewing a person's immigration status. No record is kept of the number of such cases which arise.