§ Mr. AltonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many substantive asylum appeals have been heard since 10 November 1995 involving appellants from (i) Nigeria and (ii) Bosnia in which appeals were allowed by special adjudicators or in which his Department decided to withdraw from the appeal. [23513]
§ Mr. KirkhopeReliable information for the period could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. AltonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers were subject to detention under the Immigration Act 1971 for more than 28 days at any time during 1995. [23514]
§ Mr. KirkhopeTo provide the information requested would involve disproportionate cost. The most recent available information was given in a reply to a question from the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne, North (Mr. Henderson) on 20 February,Official Report, columns 101–102.
§ Mr. AltonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications from(a) Somalia, (b) Afghanistan, (c) Iran, (d) Iraq, (e) Bosnia, (f) Croatia and (g) the former Yugoslavia are in the backlog of undecided asylum applications in his Department; and how many of these applications from each country have been waiting more than two years for a decision. [23510]
§ Mr. KirkhopeAn estimated breakdown of those asylum applications awaiting an initial decision as at 31 December 1995, by year of application, is given in the table.
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Asylum applications from selected nationalities awaiting an initial decision as at 31 December 1995, by year of application Applications outstanding1 Year of application1 2 Number Per cent. 1995 Per cent 1994 Per cent 1993 Per cent 1992 Per cent Pre-1992 Per cent Afghanistan 550 100 50 15 15 10 10 Former Yugoslavia3 5,405 100 15 15 20 45 5 Iran 1,010 100 25 25 15 20 15 Iraq 700 100 35 20 10 15 20 Somalia 2,085 100 50 10 10 10 20 All nationalities 69,650 100 30 20 15 15 20 1Provisional figures rounded to the nearest 5. 2Approximate estimates rounded to nearest 5 per cent. 3Includes Bosnia and Croatia which are not separately identifiable.
§ Mr. AltonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the asylum appeals withdrawn in 1993, 1994 and 1995 were(a) withdrawn by his Department and (b) withdrawn by the appellant; and in how many of the latter cases the appellant had been granted leave to remain on grounds not raised in the appeal. [23512]
§ Mr. KirkhopeFifty asylum appeals were withdrawn in the period August to December 1993—the period in 1993 after the Asylum Act 1995–255 in 1994 and 1,000 in 1995. Information on the reasons for withdrawal could be provided only at disproportionate cost.