§ Mr. DarlingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many individuals sought asylum in the United Kingdom in each year from 1980 to the latest available date in 1989;
(2) if he will list the number of individuals who were (a) granted asylum, (b) granted exceptional leave to remain in the United Kingdom and (c) removed having applied for asylum in each year from 1980 to 1989 to the latest available date.
§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[holding answer 28 November 1989]: Information on the numbers of applications for refugee status in the United Kingdom, and of grants of refugee status and of exceptional leave, in the years 1980 to 1988, is published in table 5 of Home Office Statistical Bulletin Issue 25/89 "Refugee Statistics United Kingdom 1988". Provisional information for the first three quarters of 1989 has been provided to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Copies of both documents are in the Library.
Comprehensive information on asylum seekers who were removed in these years is not available.