Parliamentary Search

Written question asked by James Clappison (Conservative) on Thursday, 28 February 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 March 2008. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Tuesday, 11 March 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.

Asylum

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 16 January 2008, Official Report, column 1298W, on asylum, which countries are included in the category Americas other in the breakdown by nationality of the grants of leave to remain under the 2003 family indefinite leave to remain exercise; and if she will break down by nationality the number in the Americas other category.
Answer

The requested information is contained in the table.Copies of asylum statistics publications are available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics website at:"http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html"

Grants of ILR issued under the Family ILR exercise as at 7 December 2007, excluding dependants, for specified nationalities¹,²,³,4
Country of nationality Total
Americas other
Bolivia 25
Brazil 25
Chile 10
Cuba 5
Grenada *
Guyana 10
Honduras *
Nicaragua *
Peru 20
St. Vincent and the Grenadines *
St. Lucia 5
Trinidad And Tobago 5
Venezuela 10
Total Americas other 115
* = 1 or 2.
¹ Provisional figures rounded to the nearest 5.
² Main asylum applicants.
³ This information is based on internal management information.
4 Nationality recorded as at 7 December 2007 is not necessarily the applicant's nationality at the time of grant of ILR.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
473 c337-8W; 191575
Session
2007-08
Related items
Asylum
Wednesday, 16 January 2008
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Asylum Latin America
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk