Written question asked by James Clappison (Conservative) on Monday, 21 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 23 November 2005. It was answered by Tony McNulty (Labour) on Monday, 30 January 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.
Asylum/Immigration
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many principal applicants for asylum have been granted indefinite leave to remain (ILR) as a result of the family ILR exercise announced on 24 October 2003; how many of the dependants of principal applicants for asylum already in the UK have also been granted ILR; and how many dependants of principal applicants have subsequently been given leave to join them in the UK.
- Answer
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Up to and including 30 September 2005, 16,870 principal asylum applicants have been granted indefinite leave to remain (ILR) under the Family ILR Exercise. This figure is included in the information on cases considered under the Family ILR exercise that is published quarterly. Copies are available from the Library and on the Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate website at:"http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html."These figures will be updated on 28 February 2006 and will include data up to and including 31 December 2005.A further 41,525 dependants of these principal applicants have been granted indefinite leave to remain under the Family ILR Exercise. This information is based on internal management information and is not published within the official statistics.It is not possible to obtain figures for dependants who have subsequently been given leave to join existing families in the UK from internal management information.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 442 c195-6W;442 c195-6W; 31458
- Session
- 2005-06
- Related items
- Subjects
- Asylum Applications Entry clearances
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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