§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for asylum were (a) received and (b) granted in 1985 and the first six months of 1986.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe information requested is as follows. Annual figures were published in Home Office Statistical Bulletin 12/86 "Refugee Statistics, United Kingdom, 1985"; figures for the first quarter of 1986 are provisional and figures for the second quarter of 1986 are not yet available. Decisions made in a particular period do not necessarily relate to applications received in that period.
Applications for asylum and refugee status received and decided 1985 1986 1st quarter* Applications received for asylum 4,899 531 Grants of refugee status 836 87 Refused asylum but granted leave to remain on exceptional grounds 2,032 285 * Provisional