§ Mr. GoodladTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for asylum were received in each of the last five years; of which countries the applicants were citizens; and which applications were successful.
§ Mr. RentonInformation on applications for refugee status and their outcome, by nationality, for 1979 to 1984 was published in tables 5A–5F of Home Office statistical bulletin "Refugee Statistics United Kingdom, 1985" (issue 12/86). The corresponding figures for 1985 (which have been revised since the issue of that bulletin) and 1986 were published in tables 6 and 7 of the corresponding bulletin for 1986 (issue 13/87). Copies of these publications are in the Library. The figures for 1987 are not yet available.