§ Mr. Altonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of applications received in each year since 1980 for (a) political asylum and (b) refugee status; and how many of each were granted.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe available information is as follows:
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Applications for asylum 2,352 2,425 4,223 4,296 3,478 Granted refugee status 1,073 1,249 1,371 872 574 Granted asylum without refugee status 74 224 356 313 *10 * In July 1984 the category of "asylum without refugee status" was abolished. Since then all persons granted asylum have been recognised as refugees.
Final figures for 1985 are not yet available.