HL Deb 13 March 2000 vol 610 cc184-5WA
Lord Elton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the debate on asylum seekers on 1 March, how many dependants accompanied the applicants for asylum in each of the years recorded in table 4.1 on page 66 of Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom 1998 (cm 4431); and [HL1378]

Further to the debate on asylum seekers on 1 March, how many dependants accompanied the applicants for asylum in each of the months recorded in Asylum Statistics: December 1999 United Kingdom, published by the Research Development Section. [HL1379]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Information regarding principal applicants and dependants, in each of the years 1990 to 1998, is given in Table 7.1 of the Home Office Statistical BulletinAsylum Statistics United Kingdom, 1998, a copy of which is available in the Library.

Information on principal applicants and dependants is published on an annual basis only. It is planned that the figures for the calendar year 1999 will be included within the next Asylum Bulletin, which is due to be published in June of this year.