Mr. MatinsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many cases he granted exceptional leave to remain within the past 12 months for which figures are available. [95447]
§ Mrs. RocheData for the period from September 1998 to August 1999 are given in the table.
Grants of exceptional leave to remain in the United Kingdom1 Number Asylum applicants Refused asylum but granted exceptional leave to remain 2,570 Granted exceptional leave to remain2 under backlog criteria 7,030 Non-asylum applicants Granted exceptional leave to remain in view of the internal situation in country of origin 1,670 Other grants of exceptional leave to remain 570 1 Excluding dependants 2 Includes persons granted exceptional indefinite leave to remain or exceptional limited leave to remain under measures aimed at reducing the pre-1996 backlog, as announced in the White Paper 'Fairer, Faster and Firmer—A Modern Approach to Immigration and Asylum' published in July 1998