HL Deb 01 March 2000 vol 610 cc82-3WA
Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish a table showing the number of applications for asylum received, the number granted, the number given exceptional leave to remain and the number rejected in respect of citizens of Turkey in each of the years 1997, 1998 and 1999, and the number of such applications outstanding at the end of each of those years. [HL1168]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

The available information is given in the table.

Asylum applications1 received in the United Kingdom, excluding dependants, and initial decisions2.3 on applications, 1997, 1998 and 1999, nationals of Turkey
Principal applicants
Applications Decisions
Total Port in Country Total decisions Grants of asylum Grants of ELR Total refusals Certified refusals Other refusals 3rd ctry refusals3 Non-compliance refusals4 Grants of ELR under backlog criteria5.6 Non compliance refusals under backlog criteria6.7 Applications pending
1997 1,445 890 555 1,585 85 25 1,475 65 950 410 50 n/a n/a 4,050
1998 2,015 1,620 390 1,085 40 30 1,015 35 820 110 50 n/a n/a 4,870
1999P 2,850 2,045 805 8625 815 8* 8100 80 825 870 8* 8505 85 N/A
n/a = Not applicable and N/A = Not available
p Provisional data.
1 Figures rounded to nearest 5, with * = 1 or 2
2 Information is of initial determination decisions, excluding the outcome of appeals or other subsequent decisions.
3 Refused on the grounds that the applicant had arrived from a safe third country.
4 Paragraph 340 of Immigration Rules. For failure to provide evidence to support the asylum claim within a reasonable period, including failure to respond to invitation to interview.
5 Cases decided under pragmatic measures aimed at reducing the pre 96 act asylum backlog.
6 May include a small number of cases where asylum has been granted.
7 May include a small number of cases where the application has been refused on substantive grounds.
8 January to May 1999 only.