§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what number of asylum refusals(a) leave the United Kingdom voluntarily, (b) are deported and (c) remain.
§ Mr. Charles WardleReadily available information is given in the table. Fuller information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum claims have been rejected under paragraph 101 of the Immigration Rules each month since the introduction of that paragraph, expressed as a number of rejections and as a percentage of total claims received in that month.
§ Mr. Charles WardleA provision that an application for variation of leave may be refused on the ground of failure to provide within a reasonable period of time evidence to establish the claim under the Immigration Rules has been in force since 1 March 1980—currently paragraph 101 of HC 251. Figures for asylum applications refused under this provision were not separately identifiable prior to December 1991. Information from that date is given in the table.
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Refusals1 2 under paragraph 101 of the Immigration Rules of applications for asylum in the United Kingdom, and such refusals as a percentage of applications2 received, excluding dependants, December 1991 to September 1992 Refusals under Para 101 of Immigration Rules Refusals under Para 101 of Immigration Rules as percentage of asylum applications received in the same month Per cent. December 1991 785 36 January 1992 1,210 56 February 1992 1,120 79 March 1992 1,615 101 April 1992 935 65 May 1992 735 54 June 1992 1,025 63 July 1992 1,010 46 August 1992 840 47 September 1992 985 38 1 Figures rounded to the nearest 5, percentages rounded to the nearest whole per cent. 2 Refusals do not necessarily relate to applications made in the same month.