HC Deb 25 October 1999 vol 336 c690W
Mr. Lidington

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of dependants of applicants for asylum who are currently resident in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. [95650]

Mrs. Roche

The latest published information regarding the number of dependants of applicants for asylum in the United Kingdom is given in Table 7.1 of the Home Office statistical bulletin "Asylum Statistics United Kingdom, 1998", issue 10/99. This shows that there were a total of 12,470 dependants in 1998.