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Written question asked by Lord Watson of Invergowrie (Labour) on Friday, 6 September 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Friday, 20 September 2019. It was answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford (Conservative) on Tuesday, 8 October 2019 on behalf of the Home Office.


Asylum: Finance

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of applicants for support under section 4(2) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, in the last year for which records are held, were asked to provide further information to support their request, broken down by the reason further information was required.

Answer

The information requested would require a manual trawl of records of all service users receiving section 4 support and could only be provided at a dis-proportionate cost.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL17784
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Asylum Finance
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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