Asylum Seekers

HC Deb 26 July 2000 vol 354 cc700-1W

Mr. Cawsey

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will announce the appointment of the Asylum Support Adjudicators. [133353]

Mr. Straw

I have pleasure today in announcing the appointment of the following Asylum Support Adjudicators, under section 102 of and Schedule 10 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999:

Asylum Support Adjudicators	Appointments
Chief Asylum Support Adjudicator	Mrs. Sehba Haroon Storey
Deputy Chief Asylum Support Adjudicator	Ms Gillian Carter
Asylum Support Adjudicators	Mrs. Sarah Breach
	Mr. Laurence Brass
	Mr. Alan Ponting
	Dr. Ethlyn Prince
	Mrs. Susannah Walker

Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many local authorities in areas to which asylum seekers are being dispersed have designated a named individual as a contact for the National Asylum Support Service and the Home Office; and if he will make a statement. [132383]

Mrs. Roche

The National Asylum Support Service has regular contact with local authorities, but no local authorities have designated a named individual as a contact point for the National Asylum Support Service. Local authorities who wish to exchange information with the Immigration and Nationality Directorate about individuals who may be subject to immigration control must register a named person as the contact point. Some 549 local authorities have designated a named individual.