Matthew Rycroft
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 56 |
| 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...
Suella Braverman warned four times of potential Manston law breach
Home Secretary Suella Braverman was warned four times in September and October her department was potentially breaking The Law by holding migrants at Kent's Manston centre, MPs have heard.
Ms Braverman was told failing to provide alternative accommodation was in breach of The Law .
Ms Braverman told the Home Affairs Select Committee she would not comment on leaked documents.
However, She Said she was aware from September Manston had a problem.
Manston was designed as a holding site for a maximum of 1,600 migrants who arrive on small Boats - each for a maximum of 24 Hours - But at its peak there were 4,000 people there.
In October, inspectors found families who had been sleeping on mats in the marquees for weeks.
On Tuesday, helped by bad weather in the English Channel causing a sustained Fall In The Number of crossings.
Dame Diana Johnson , who chairs the Home Affairs Select Committee, said Ms Braverman was told on 15 and 22 September, and 1 and 4 October, that the Home Office did not have The Power to detain migrants waiting for onward accommodation.
'Failed' border controlAnswering A Question about asylum seekers in hotels, She Said : " We have failed to control our borders, yes, and that's why the Prime Minister and myself are absolutely determined to fix this problem. "
The Committee heard that 36 people who had been held in Manston had been returned to Albania, under the government's agreement to return migrants and offenders,
Dan O'Mahoney, the Home Office 's clandestine channel threat commander, also said there was one Albanian Police officer working with officials at the Kent camp.
The home secretary is aiming to quadruple the rate at which asylum cases are processed by staff as the government attempts to tackle the backlog in The System .
Ms Braverman told The Committee that, on average, each staff member was deciding one Asylum Case per week at present.
The Home Office has doubled The Number of asylum staff to More Than 1,000 and plans to recruit another 500 decision-makers by March.
Ms Braverman said: " We want to deliver sustainable changes to reach a minimum of three decisions, per decision maker, per week by May. "
The ambition is four decisions per week, she added.
Rwanda policyMs Braverman was also pushed by MPs on the government's policy to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda in a bid to reduce the numbers crossing the Channel.
The Plan , under which the UK has paid Rwanda £140m, is currently on hold as it faces a legal challenge in The Court .
The home secretary insisted she still had confidence in the scheme and believed the courts would rule it to be legal.
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.
Source of news: bbc.com
