HC Deb 10 April 2000 vol 348 c66W
18. Ann Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum applications have been lodged by Iraqi nationals since 1 May 1997; and how many of those applications have been approved. [116804]

Mrs. Roche

The number of asylum applications lodged by Iraqi nationals since the beginning of May 1997 to the end of December 1999 was 3,870. There were a total of 1,680 decisions made; of which 740 were grants of asylum and 735 were grants of exceptional leave to remain.