Skip to main content

Written question asked by Philip Davies (Conservative) on Friday, 28 August 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 2 September 2020. It was answered by Chris Philp (Conservative) on Thursday, 10 September 2020 on behalf of the Home Office.


Asylum

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have claimed asylum in each of the last six months.

Answer

There were 32,423 asylum claims in the UK (main claimants only) in the year ending June 2020.

This information can be found in the published immigration statistics, updated, 27th August 2020 at Asy_01a and Asy_02b:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2020/list-of-tables#asylum-and-resettlement


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
81717
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Asylum
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk