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Written question asked by Andrew Pelling (Conservative) on Monday, 4 September 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 September 2006. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 November 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.


Asylum/Immigration

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the reasons are for the change in the number of outstanding asylum cases in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate since 1 June.
Answer

[holding answer 11 September 2006]: This small increase of 200 cases reflects the redeployment of staff on to dealing with other higher priority cases such as foreign national prisoners. New caseworkers are being recruited and trained to deal with asylum intake.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
90809; 451 c1342W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Asylum Applications
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk