§ Mr. DicksTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for political asylum were received during 1987; and if he will list the countries of origin of the applicants.
§ Mr. RentonInformation for 1987 is not yet fully available. It is hoped to publish the figures, by nationality, in a Home Office statistical bulletin by the end of May. Figures for 1986 were published in table 7 of Home Office statistical bulletin "Refugee Statistics, United Kingdom, 1986" (issue 13/87), copies of which are in the Library.