22. What recent discussions she has had with stakeholders on the asylum improvement project. (44061)

The Home Secretary and I, and our officials, have discussed aspects of the asylum improvement project with a number of corporate partners. The National Asylum Stakeholder Forum, the Scottish Asylum Stakeholder Forum and the Still Human Still Here coalition have also discussed the project recently.

I thank the Minister for that answer. Will he establish pilot schemes and where exactly are they likely to be?

We have established a number of pilot schemes already. There is one in the north-west concentrating on using early intervention to help asylum claimants. We have set up the early legal advice project in the west midlands, and a project to attempt to improve the flow of decision making in London. If those pilots are successful, we will of course move them on to a national scale.

Angela Smith is not here so I call Tony Baldry.