§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to conduct the experiment referred to in paragraph 88 of his response to the report of the Home Affairs Committee on refugees and asylum seekers.
§ Mr. WaddingtonWe regret that the pressures on the refugee unit have not yet permitted this experiment to take place, but we hope that it may be possible to conduct it later in the year. In the meantime the necessary preparatory work is in hand.
§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many decisions on applications for asylum were made in each month since the beginning of 1984;
(2)how many initial applications for asylum have been decided in each month since January 1985; and how many such cases are outstanding at the end of each month;
(3)how many decisions on applications for asylum have been made since his Department's arrears unit was established.
§ Mr. WaddingtonI am arranging for this information to be obtained and shall write to the hon. Member when it is available. It will take some time before the statistics for 1985 are compiled.