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Written question asked by Caroline Spelman (Conservative) on Tuesday, 6 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 8 December 2005. It was answered by Tony McNulty (Labour) on Monday, 19 December 2005 on behalf of the Home Office.


Asylum Seekers

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seeking families have (a) applied for and (b) been awarded indefinite leave to remain since 24 October 2003 under the family asylum amnesty; and how many are awaiting the outcome of applications made under the scheme.
Answer

Information on the Family Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) Exercise is published in quarterly web pages and in the annual statistical bulletin Asylum Statistics United Kingdom. Copies of these publications and others relating to general immigration to the UK are available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate website at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
36170; 440 c2352W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Asylum Applications Amnesties Families Immigration
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk