§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average time and cost to public funds of processing each application for political asylum. [31852]
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerFor applications for asylum received since implementation of the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 and decided in the last six months the estimated average time to process each application is 7.8 months. The average cost of processing each application in the asylum division was £165.
§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have sought political asylum in the United Kingdom in each of the last three years; and how many applications have been granted. [31856]
§ Mr. BakerThe information requested is published in table 1.1 of Home Office statistical bulletin issue 15/95 "Asylum Statistics United Kingdom 1994", a copy of which is in the Library.