HC Deb 20 December 1991 vol 201 cc349-50W
Mr. Darling

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visas were granted at United Kingdom posts abroad for the purpose of entering the United Kingdom to seek asylum in(a) 1988, (b) 1989, (c) 1990 and (d) 1991 to the nearest available date.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

The available information, which may understate, is of grants of asylum to principal applications which were made overseas. The recorded figures are shown in the table.

Grants1 2 of asylum to principal applications received by British posts abroad and referred to the Home Office for decision
Year Number
1988 15
1989 15
31990 5
3 41991 10
1 Excluding dependants.
2 Figures rounded to the nearest 5.

3Provisional figures, which may understate because of delays in recording.

4 (January to June).