§ Mr. LoveTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) Turkish and (b) Kurdish refugees have applied for asylum in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years; how many of these applications have been granted in each of those years;
Asylum applications1 received in the United Kingdom, excluding dependants, and initial decisions2,6 on applications, 1995 to 1999, nationals of Turkey Principal applicants 1995 1996 1997 1998 19997 Applications Total 1,820 1,495 1,445 2,015 2,850 Port 745 825 890 1,620 2,045 In country 1,075 670 555 390 805 Decisions Total decisions 995 1,405 1,585 1,085 6625 Grants of asylum 50 55 65 40 615 Grants of ELR 35 20 25 30 * Total refusals 910 1,330 1,475 1,015 6100 Grants of ELR under backlog criteria3,4 n/a n/a n/a n/a 6505 Non compliance refusals under backlog criteria3,5 n/a n/a n/a n/a 65 Applications pending 3,545 4,280 4,050 4,870 N/A 1Figures rounded to nearest 5, with (*) = 1 or 2 2Information is of Initial determination decisions, excluding the outcome of appeals or other subsequent decisions 3Cases decided under pragmatic measures aimed at reducing the pre Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 asylum backlog. 4May include a small number of cases where asylum has been granted. 5May include a small number of cases where the applications has been refused on substantive grounds. 6January to May 1999 only 7Provisional data Note:
n/a = Not applicable and N/A = Not available
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers were held under immigration law in(a) Campsfield, (b) Haslar, (c) Oakington and (d) Her Majesty's prisons in each of the last 12 months. [127903]
§ Mrs. RocheThe information requested, on numbers of asylum applicants held under immigration law in Campsfield House, Haslar, Oakington and Her Majesty's prisons in each of the last 12 months, is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
The latest available information on immigration detainees relates to 30 April 2000. On that date, a total of 1,107 persons were detained in immigration detention centres and prison establishments in the United Kingdom solely under Immigration Acts powers. This figure is not recorded in such a way as to identify those who had applied for asylum at some point.
The latest reliable snapshot of detained asylum seekers related to those asylum applicants detained in immigration detention centres, prison establishments and police cells solely under Immigration Acts powers as at 30 December 1998 for port applicants and 4 January 1999 for in-country applicants. On those dates 741 such persons were recorded. Data recording problems mean that an updated figure is not currently available.
526Whow many are still outstanding; and if he will make a statement. [127829]
§ Mrs. RocheThe available information is give in the table. Application for asylum are recorded on a nationality basis, therefore, Kurdish refugees are not separately identifiable within the statistics. An applicant"s ethnic origin could only be obtained by examination of individual case records.
The most recent data available for persons detained at Oakington show that up to 18 June a total of 439 principal asylum applicants and 33 dependants of asylum seekers have been detained at varying times since it opened on 20 March 2000.