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Written question asked by Chris Bloore (Labour) on Monday, 7 September 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 9 September 2026. It was answered by Anna Turley (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 September 2026 on behalf of the Home Office.

Asylum

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the number of unprocessed initial asylum applications was as of 1 July 2024.

Answer

The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’ and in the ‘Migration transparency data’.

Data on asylum claims awaiting an initial decision at the end of each quarter is published in table Asy_D03 of the ‘Asylum claims and initial decisions datasets’.

Data on the number of asylum caseworking staff per month from 2020 onwards is published in table ASY_05(M) of the ‘Immigration and Protection data’.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
27670
Session
2026-27
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Asylum Administrative delays
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk