HL Deb 11 May 1998 vol 589 cc100-1WA
Lord Marlesford

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish in the Official Report a table showing the number of persons who applied for asylum in each week during 1996, 1997 and 1998 to date, together with the moving annual total for each 52-week period. [HL1726]

Lord Williams of Mostyn

I regret that information on applications for asylum lodged in the United Kingdom is not available by week within the statistics. The available breakdown, by month of application, is given in the table.

Asylum applications1 received in the United Kingdom, excluding dependants, with totals for each 12 month period, January 1996 to March 1998
Number of principal applicants
Month of application Number of applications in each month Total applications in preceding 12 months
1996
January 3,310 n/a
February 2,850 n/a
March 3,145 n/a
April 2,070 n/a
May 1,755 n/a
June 1,730 n/a
July 2,515 n/a
August 2,140 n/a
September 2,185 n/a
October 2,810 n/a
November 2,450 n/a
December 2,685 29,640

Asylum applications1 received in the United Kingdom, excluding dependants, with totals for each 12 month period, January 1996 to March 1998
Number of principal applicants
Month of application Number of applications in each month Total applications in preceding 12 months
1997
January 2,715 29,045
February 2,475 28,670
March 2,160 27,685
April 2,665 28,280
May 2,590 29,120
June 2,585 29,975
July 3,070 30,530
August 2,930 31,325
September 2,850 31,990
October 2,990 32,170
November 2,345 32,065
December 3,120 32,500
1998
January 2,860 32,645
February 2,650 32,820
March 3,200 33,855
1 Figures rounded to the nearest 5.
n/a = Not applicable.