§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his oral statement of 24 June,Official Report, columns 37 and 38, if he will place in the Library the evidence from which he calculated the percentage of asylum seekers who are found to be genuine refugees. [35635]
§ Mr. Roger EvansThe most recent summary of Home Office asylum decisions can be found in the Home Office statistical bulletin, issue 9/96, a copy of which is in the Library.
§ Mr. Alan HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what assessment he has made of the Refugee Council report, "Welcome to the UK". [35686]
§ Mr. EvansThe report highlights the fact that asylum seekers who are not entitled to benefits can rely on a network of support and assistance. The report does not show the kind of destitution that many critics suggested would come about as a consequence of our determination to tackle the problem of bogus asylum seekers.
§ Mr. HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what monitoring he has undertaken into the impact of the Social Security (Persons From Abroad) Miscellaneous Amendment Regulations 1996. [35685]
§ Mr. EvansI refer the hon. Member to the reply my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, gave the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Mr. Gerrard) on 25 June,Official Report, columns 142–44.