HL Deb 10 April 2001 vol 624 c160WA
Baroness Whitaker

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many asylum seekers were granted exceptional leave to remain in the year 2000; how many of those granted exceptional leave to remain during 2000 requested family reunion; to how many of those granted exceptional leave to remain during 2000 and who requested family reunion was family reunion entry granted; and how many cases of requests for family reunion from those granted exceptional leave to remain have been the subject of cases under the Human Rights Act 1998. [HL1639]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

The number of principal asylum seekers granted exceptional leave to remain in the year 2000 was 18,415 (provisional data).

Information regarding family reunion in relation to the granting of exceptional leave to remain is not available and could be obtained only by examination of individual case records and is, therefore, available only at disproportionate cost.