HC Deb 14 November 1989 vol 160 cc203-4W
Mr. Bernie Grant

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many interviews between the political asylum unit at Harmondsworth and Kurdish asylum seekers have been cancelled since 1 May at the request of the political asylum unit; and how many of those interviewees were represented by solicitors or other advisers.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

The available information is that of 1,500 interviews booked by the Harmondsworth interview unit, a total of 292 have so far been rescheduled, mostly at the request of the unit. A total of 184 interviewees were represented by solicitors or other advisers at the time the interview was rescheduled.

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