§ Mr. Hunterasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many foreign nationals have successfully appealed against the initial refusal of political asylum in each year since 1979;
(2) what, since 1979, has been the average time between the refusal of an application for political asylum in the United Kingdom and the end of appeal proceedings;
(3) what, since 1979, has been (a) the shortest and (b) the longest time between a refusal of an application for political asylum in the United Kingdom and the end of appeal proceedings.
§ Mr. WaddingtonI understand from the appellate authorities that no separate records of asylum appeals are maintained; the information requested is therefore not available.