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Written question asked by Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party) on Tuesday, 25 March 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 27 March 2008. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Tuesday, 29 April 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.


Immigration: Iraq

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Iraqi nationals were granted asylum in the UK in each of the last five years.
Answer

Information on the number of Iraq nationals granted asylum in the United Kingdom is published in the annual Statistical Bulletin Asylum Statistics United Kingdom. Provisional figures for 2007 are published in the Quarterly Asylum Statistics Fourth Quarter 2007. Copies of these 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."


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
475 c342W; 197382
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Asylum Iraq
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk