Written question asked by David Lidington (Conservative) on Thursday, 6 July 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 11 July 2000. It was answered by Barbara Roche (Labour) on Tuesday, 11 July 2000 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how may children of school age are (a) asylum seekers and (b) dependants of asylum seekers in the United Kingdom; how many of those children have been dispersed outside London and the South-East; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how may children of school age are (a) asylum seekers and (b) dependants of asylum seekers in the United Kingdom; how many of those children have been dispersed outside London and the South-East; and if he will make a statement. [130109] Mrs. Roche: In 1999, the United Kingdom received 3,349 applications for asylum from unaccompanied minors (aged under 18). Information on the age of asylum seeker dependants in the United Kingdom is not currently available. Information on dispersal of asylum seekers by age is not held centrally.

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