§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum applications were made for each of the last 24 months; and how many of these were made(a) at port of entry, (b) within one week of arrival, (c) within one month of arrival, (d) within three months of arrival and (e) later than three months after arrival [6598]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienInformation regarding the number of applications for asylum lodged in the United Kingdom, and on the length of time between arrival date and application date, for those who applied after having been previously granted leave to enter or remain under another section of the Immigration Rules, is given in the tables.
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Table 1: Applications1 received for asylum in the United Kingdom, excluding dependants, by location of application,
June 1995 to May 1997
Asylum applications Total Port In-country 1995 June 3,630 1,090 2,540 July 3,415 980 2,435 August 3,890 1,085 2,805 September 4,020 1,360 2,660 October 4,595 1,505 3,090 November 4,715 1,850 2,860 December 3,540 1,640 1,895 19962 January 3,310 1,070 2,240 February 2,850 975 1,880 March 3,145 985 2,160 April 2,070 760 1,310 May 1,755 740 1,010 June 1,730 805 925 July 2,515 835 1,680 August 2,140 905 1,230 September 2,010 1,205 805 October 2,150 1,270 885 November 1,920 1,180 735 December 2,340 1,710 635 19972 January 2,275 1,210 1,065 February 1,985 1,135 850 March 1,820 1,210 610 April 2,275 1,385 890 May 2,240 1,365 880 1 Figures rounded to five. 2 Provisional figures.
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Time taken to apply for asylum by persons granted leave to enter or remain under another section of the immigration rules1,
June 1995 to May 1997
Percentage Within one week One week to one months One to three months Over three months Total 1995 June 20 15 10 55 100 July 20 20 10 50 100 August 25 20 15 40 100 September 20 15 15 50 100 October 20 20 15 45 100 November 20 15 15 50 100 December 30 15 10 45 100 1996 January 20 15 15 50 100 February 15 10 15 60 100 March 15 10 10 65 100 April 15 10 10 65 100 May 15 10 10 65 100 June 15 15 10 60 100 July 25 15 15 45 100 August 25 15 15 45 100 September 25 10 15 50 100
Time taken to apply for asylum by persons granted leave to enter or remain under another section of the immigration rules1,
June 1995 to May 1997
Percentage Within one week One week to one months One to three months Over three months Total October 15 15 15 55 100 November 20 15 15 50 100 December 25 10 15 50 100 1997 January 20 10 15 55 100 February 25 10 10 55 100 March 30 10 15 45 100 April 35 15 10 40 100 May 35 15 15 35 100 1 Estimated and rounded to the nearest 5 per cent. Excludes those in-country cases for which arrival dates are not known.
§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will snake a statement on the current length of detention for asylum seekers. [5528]
§ Mr. O'BrienThe number of people recorded as being detained on 31 May 1997, who had sought asylum at some stage, was 733. Of these, 601 had been detained for less than six months and 21 for longer than twelve months. Policies relating to detention are currently under review.
Notifiable offences where the victim has been injured or killed England and Wales Offenc 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Offences where the victim wax injured Attempted murder 568 661 651 634 671 Wounding or other act endangering life 10,741 10,701 11,033 10,445 12,165 Other wounding 183,717 186,765 198,383 193,016 216,251 Robbery 52,894 57,845 60,007 68,074 73,957 Total 247,920 255,972 270,074 272,169 303,044 Offences where the victim was killed Homicide 687 670 726 745 683 Child destruction — 3 7 8 2 Causing death by dangerous driving or by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs 277 292 278 242 318 Causing death by aggravated vehicle taking 19 17 14 21 34 Total 983 982 1,025 1,016 1,037