§ Mr. MarlowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the available statistical information in the origin of asylum seekers and the change in pattern over recent months and years.
§ Mr. John Patten[holding answer 7 June 1991]: Information for 1991 is only available for the number of principal applicants excluding dependants. The number of such applications by the main nationalities since 1988 is given in the table.