§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many outstanding cases there were for October, November, December 1990 and January 1991 under the headings of(a) naturalisation, (b) registration, (c) refugees, (d) asylum seekers, and (e) general immigration; and what was the number of new casework applications in each of those areas for each month.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe number of outstanding cases and intakes in the immigration and nationality department by the categories requested is as follows:
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Nationality Naturalisation1 Registration1 General immigration casework1 2 Asylum and related casework1 3 December 1,334 667 21,467 4,740 January 1,514 883 27,356 6,513 1 Does not include applications received in the Department but which await allocation to caseworkers. 2 Includes referred entry clearance applications, and enquiries submitted by letter, as well as variation of leave cases. Includes both general and eastern European casework (the latter was absorbed into general casework in July 1990). 3 These figures are a total of all work outstanding in the refugee unit.