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Written question asked by William Bain (Labour) on Monday, 15 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 March 2010. It was answered by Phil Woolas (Labour) on Monday, 29 March 2010 on behalf of the Home Office.

Asylum

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of asylum cases arising since 2007 have been determined by his Department within six months in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009.
Answer

Information on asylum cases in which the UK Border Agency has made an initial decision within six months which excludes the appeal rights exhausted outcomes, is set out in the following table; the figures do not include dependents.

Asylum applications received Initial decisions within six months (grants or refusals) Percentage of applications with initial decision within six months
2007 23,430 18,918 81
2008 25,930 19,624 76
2009 24,250 20,326 84

The initial decisions within six months and the percentage of applications with initial decision within six months are internal management information and as such have not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols. These data are provisional and subject to change.The Home Office publishes statistics on immigration and asylum, including numbers of asylum applications, and initial asylum decisions, on a quarterly and annual basis. These publications are placed in the Library of the House and are available from the Home Office's Research, Development and Statistics website at:"www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration-asylum-stats.html"

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
508 c675W; 322835
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Asylum
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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