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Written question asked by David TC Davies (Conservative) on Tuesday, 25 October 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 28 October 2016 (named day). It was answered by Robert Goodwill (Conservative) on Thursday, 3 November 2016 on behalf of the Home Office.

Asylum: Children

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) male and (b) female child refugees and asylum seekers of each age have arrived in the UK since 1 September 2016.

Answer

The Home Office publishes the Immigration Statistics release each quarter, and the latest release covering the quarter ending June 2016 is available here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2016

The annual number of asylum claims received from main claimants and dependants, by age and sex is published in table as_04, in volume 2 of the asylum data tables:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/546759/asylum2-q2-2016-tabs.ods

The quarterly number of asylum claims received from unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, excluding dependants, sex and age at time of application, is published in table as_08_q, in volume 3 of the asylum data tables:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/546760/asylum3-q2-2016-tabs.ods

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
50106
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Children Asylum
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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