Matthew Rycroft
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 55 |
| Date of birth | June 16,1968 |
| Zodiac sign | Gemini |
| Born | Southampton |
| United Kingdom | |
| Job | Diplomat |
| Education | University of Oxford |
| Merton College | |
| Previous position | Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations (2015–2018) |
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| ID | 559018 |
Matthew Rycroft Life story
Sir Matthew John Rycroft KCMG CBE is a British civil servant and diplomat serving as Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office since 2020, appointed following the resignation of Sir Philip Rutnam.
Asylum seekers: Home Office says more than 17,000 are missing
... The Home Office s most senior civil servant, Sir Matthew Rycroft, said the government had always been confident it would reach the target set by the prime minister, and had hired more case workers to assess claims...
M62 crash: Drink-drive dad jailed for son's motorway death
... Callum Rycroft, 12, died as he and his father Matthew Rycroft tried to cross the M62 in West Yorkshire after their car crashed on 5 August...
M62 crash: Father admits manslaughter after son hit by car
... Callum Rycroft was hit and killed as he and Matthew Rycroft attempted to cross the motorway in West Yorkshire after their vehicle had crashed...
M62 crash: Man in court over death of boy, 12, on motorway
... Matthew Rycroft, 36, appeared at Leeds Magistrates Court charged with causing or allowing the death of a child, dangerous driving and failing to provide a specimen...
M62 crash: Man charged over death of 12-year-old boy
... Matthew Rycroft, 36, of Leeds, will appear before magistrates on Tuesday...
Knighthoods for MPs who caused Boris Johnson headaches
... Elsewhere, the senior civil servant at the Home Office, Matthew Rycroft, receives a knighthood and Lord Sedwill, the former cabinet secretary, is made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George...
Suella Braverman warned four times of potential Manston law breach
... Matthew Rycroft, the most senior civil servant in the Home Office, said it did not yet have evidence the scheme would be value for money...
Rwanda asylum critics have no solutions, says Patel
... Permanent Secretary Matthew Rycroft warned the policy had a high cost and would only be value for money if it reduced the number of Channel crossings and other illegal entries to the UK...
Asylum seekers: Home Office says more than 17,000 are missing
By Callum May & Suzanne LeighBBC News
Home Office officials have admitted they do not know the whereabouts of More Than 17,000 asylum seekers whose claims have been discontinued.
The Number emerged as MPs discussed Rishi Sunak 's target to eliminate The Asylum backlog by The End of the year.
The Home Office has withdrawn thousands of asylum applications after claimants failed to respond.
A senior official told the Home Affairs select committee: " I don't think we know where all these people are. "
Asked whether Some People had returned to their home countries, Simon Ridley, a senior civil servant in the Home Office , said he did not know.
Officials told The Committee that claims are withdrawn if asylum seekers fail to respond to two successive case worker interview requests or questionnaires.
Since December Last Year this has happened 17,316 times. In 2021, 2,141 applications were refused or withdrawn, although 24,403 were refused or withdrawn in 2004.
When an application is withdrawn it means it is no longer being considered and if the claimant remains in the UK they are here illegally and can be removed.
Figures published last week put The Number of cases in the so-called " legacy backlog" at 39,668 as of The End of September. This relates to asylum claims made before June 2022.
The Home Office 's most senior civil servant, Sir Matthew Rycroft , said the government had always been confident it would reach The Target set by the Prime Minister , and had hired more case workers to assess claims.
But Conservative MP Tim Loughton , who is on the select committee, said: " Is it strange, that conveniently, when faced with a very stiff target, there has been a three-fold increase for the undetermined reasons of people magically not going forward with their claims? "
Officials are Under Pressure to reduce the backlog as the government continues with plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.
Sir Matthew told MPs that officials were in the capital Kigali to put " finishing touches" to The Talks after the Supreme Court ruled The Plan was unlawful.
The Court said there was a risk asylum seekers sent there could be returned to their Home Country , which would break UK and international Human Rights laws.
The Home Office is negotiating a treaty which Rishi Sunak says will satisfy the Supreme Court 's concerns about Rwanda being a safe third country.
The government says The Police would deter people from using small boats to cross the English Channel . As of 13 November, 27,284 people had crossed the English Channel in small boats in 2023.
There are questions about how much the government has already paid Rwanda, after MPs were told it would be months before they would learn whether it was More Than the £140m previously disclosed.
Sir Matthew hinted more could be paid, but would not say if any additional payments had since been made, instead saying ministers had decided not to reveal that information until the summer.
Committee chairwoman Labour MP Dame Diana Johnson said this response made it " quite hard to effectively scrutinise the flagship policy of the Home Office , and how much is being spent on it, when we're only getting the figures at The End of the year. "
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
