§ Mr. Trotterasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why it is not possible to provide the number of political refugees granted asylum in the United Kingdom in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. Alexander W. LyonThe records are not complete and such information as is available could not be collated and assessed in the form requested by the hon. Member without disproportionate effort. In addition, there would be difficult problems of definition when a person is given leave to remain here after considering a number of factors in the case, of which the possibility of persecution in his own country may be one.