UK Government and immigration
| Authority | Cabinet Office |
|---|---|
| Date received | 2024-09-03 |
| Outcome | Information not held |
| Outcome date | 2024-09-09 |
| Case ID | 4092366 |
Summary
A request was made for data on UK Government immigration quotas, housing statistics for immigrants, and specific housing plans in the Isle of Man. The Cabinet Office responded that it does not hold the requested information, though it noted it publishes general emergency housing numbers without residency specifics.
Key Facts
- The Cabinet Office does not hold information regarding UK Government immigration quotas or instructions for the Isle of Man.
- The authority does not hold residency-specific data for individuals accessing emergency housing.
- The Customs and Immigration Division of the Isle of Man Treasury was suggested as a potential source for immigration data.
- The Department of Infrastructure was identified as the body responsible for Public Estates and Housing.
- The request was formally closed on 9 September 2024.
Data Disclosed
- 2024-09-03
- 2024-09-09
- 4092366
- last five years
- ten year residency rule
- 20 minute neighbourhood
Original Request
Please provide copies of all correspondence from the UK Government regarding immigration quotas for the Isle of Man and types of immigrants that the UK Government have instructed the Isle of Man Government to receive. Please provide data on how many immigrants have been housed by the Isle of Man Government in the last five years and how many have bypassed the ten year residency rule for social housing. Please provide this data year on year. Please provide information regarding how many immigrants the Isle of Man Government intends to house in Westmoreland Road once the MDC has finished building the 20 minute neighbourhood. Please provide information about how many immigrants have and will be housed utilising the Isle of man Government's budget for emergency housing and how many immigrants have and will be housed by the Housing and Communities Board or any other government department or board.
Data Tables (1)
| Whilst | the | Cabinet | Office | holds | (and | recently | published) | numbers | of | those | accessing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| emergency | housing | it | does | not | hold | residency | specific | information | relating | to | access | to | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| emergency | housing. |
Full Response Text
Government Office
Douglas
Isle of Man
IM1 3PN
Telephone: (+44) 01624 686244
Website: www.gov.im/co
Our ref: 4092366 9 September 2024
Dear ###
We write further to your request received 3 September 2024, which states:
"Please provide copies of all correspondence from the UK Government regarding immigration quotas for the Isle of Man and types of immigrants that the UK Government have instructed the Isle of Man Government to receive.
Please provide data on how many immigrants have been housed by the Isle of Man Government in the last five years and how many have bypassed the ten year residency rule for social housing. Please provide this data year on year.
Please provide information regarding how many immigrants the Isle of Man Government intends to house in Westmoreland Road once the MDC has finished building the 20 minute neighbourhood.
Please provide information about how many immigrants have and will be housed utilising the Isle of man Government's budget for emergency housing and how many immigrants have and will be housed by the Housing and Communities Board or any other government department or board."
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Cabinet Office does not hold the information that you have requested for any of the above. Whilst the Cabinet Office holds (and recently published) numbers of those accessing emergency housing it does not hold residency specific information relating to access to emergency housing.
However, the Customs and Immigration Division, Isle of Man Treasury may be able to help you with your request. The contact details are:
The Treasury, Head Office 3rd Floor, Government Offices Bucks Road Douglas IM1 3PZ Email: immigration@gov.im, telephone: 01624 685980.
You may also wish to direct a Freedom of Information request to the Department of Infrastructure which holds responsibility for Public Estates and Housing. The contact details are:
Department of Infrastructure, Head Office Sea Terminal Douglas IM1 2RF Email: Enquiries@Highways.gov.im, telephone: 01624 850000
You may also find it useful submit a Freedom of Information Request to the individual Local Authorities in relation to the information you are seeking.
You can submit a Freedom or Information request to any Government Department or
Local Authority by completing an online form here: https://www.gov.im/about-the-
government/freedom-of-information/make-a-freedom-of-information-request/
Please quote the reference number 4092366 in any future communications.
Your right to request a review
If you are unhappy with this response to your freedom of information request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response, by completing a complaint form and submitting it electronically or by delivery/post.
An electronic version of our complaint form can be found by going to our website at https://services.gov.im/freedom-of-information/Review . If you would like a paper version of our complaint form to be sent to you by post, please contact me and I will be happy to arrange for this. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made as soon as practicable. We will respond as soon as the review has been concluded.
If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal
to the Information Commissioner for a decision on;
1. Whether we have responded to your request for information in accordance with
Part 2 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015; or
2. Whether we are justified in refusing to give you the information requested.
In response to an application for review, the Information Commissioner may, at any
time, attempt to resolve a matter by negotiation, conciliation, mediation or another
form of alternative dispute resolution and will have regard to any outcome of this in
making any subsequent decision.
More detailed information on your right to a review can be found on the Information
Commissioner’s website at www.inforights.im.
Should you have any queries concerning this letter, please do not hesitate to contact
me.
Further information about freedom of information requests can be found at www.gov.im/foi. I will now close your request as of this date.
Yours sincerely