HC Deb 13 November 2000 vol 356 c542W
Mr. Gapes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of asylum applicants since April have chosen to refuse the offer of accommodation in dispersal areas. [136791]

Mrs. Roche

The information requested is not available.

Mr. Maclean

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum cases have been dispersed under the terms of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999; and how many of these were(a) single adults and (b) couples without children. [136922]

Mrs. Roche

As at the end of October 2000, 5,6001 asylum cases (not including dependants) were confirmed as having arrived in the accommodation allocated to them under the dispersal scheme. Of these, 4,6001 were single adult asylum seekers, and 3001 were adult asylum seekers with one dependant. Cases where there is only one dependant are not necessarily couples without children.

1 Figures rounded to the nearest 100.