§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will provide a breakdown of statistics on the granting of asylum to persons in relation to gender, age, family structure and residence.
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§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[holding answer 31 January 1991]: The available information for 1989 is given in the following table. Reliable information for 1990 is not yet available.
Persons1 recognised as refugees2 in the United Kingdom in 1989, by age of principal applicant and associated dependants Principal applicants Associated dependants3 Age of principal applicant (years) 0–14 10 * 15–19 185 5 20–24 525 55 25–29 615 210 30–34 345 250 35–39 235 275 40–44 110 150 45–49 65 90 50–54 35 20 55–59 30 25 60–64 15 5 65 and over 15 * Information not available 20 15 Total 2,210 1,100 1 Provisional figures, rounded to nearest 5, with '*' = less than 3. 2 Figures exclude South East Asian refugees. 3 Tabulated by age of the principal applicant. Figures include dependants who applied with the principal applicant, and those who arrived subsequently but before the principal application was decided.