§ Mr. Tom Coxasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what is the number of people from India who have been given (a) political asylum and (b) asylum on religious grounds in the United Kingdom during the last five years;
(2) what is the number of people from Pakistan who have been given (a) political asylum and (b) asylum on religious grounds in the United Kingdom during the last five years.
§ Mr. WaddingtonStatistics are not kept of the particular grounds on which asylum is granted. The following table shows the total number of nationals of India and Pakistan granted asylum in the United Kingdom, for whatever reason, in the last five years:
India Pakistan 1980 Nil 18 1981 Nil 39 1982 Nil 44 1983 Nil 14 1984 Nil 7