§ Mr. CartwrightTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applicants for political asylum in the United Kingdom are currently awaiting a decision; and how many of these have been waiting for over 12 months.
§ Mr. Peter LloydIt is provisionally estimated that about 27,800 asylum applications were awaiting a decision in the United Kingdom at 30 September 1990, of which about 8,400 had been outstanding for 12 months or more. However these figures are maxima which overstate the position, because of under-recording of decisions made earlier.
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Total number of defendants found guilty for specific offences involving children Wales 1985 to 1989 Total found guilty Offence 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Violence against the person Murder of infant under 1 year of age — 1 — — — Infanticide — — — 1 — Child destruction — — — — — Cruelty to, or neglect of, children 12 9 24 25 17 Abandoning child aged under 2 years — 1 — — — Child abduction 1 1 2 3 2 Sexual offences Buggery with a boy under the age of 16 or with a woman or an animal 3 9 11 13 6 Attempt to commit buggery with a boy under the age of 16 or with a woman or an animal — 2 1 2 — Indecent assault on a male aged under 16 years 25 20 19 13 22 Indecent assault on a female aged under 16 years 81 69 80 87 87 Unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl aged under 13 9 6 7 8 4 Unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl aged under 16 29 19 22 21 15 Incest with girl under 13 5 4 4 5 7 Inciting girl aged under 16 to have incestuous sexual intercourse — — — 1 1 Householder permitting unlawful sexual intercourse with girl aged under 16 years — — 1 — — Person responsible for girl aged under 16 causing or encouraging her prostitution, etc. — — — — — Abduction of unmarried girl aged under 16 — — 1 — 2 Gross indecency with children 14 9 14 14 14
§ Mr. MaclennanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Dublin convention determining the state responsibility for examining applications for asylum lodged in one of the member states of the European Community will be ratified in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe convention determining the state responsible for examining applications for asylum was signed in Dublin in June by 11 members of the European Community. The ratification process must await a decision by the 12th member, Denmark, on whether to sign the convention.