§ Miss WiddecombeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for asylum have been made in each year since 1994. [61331]
§ Beverley Hughes[holding answer 13 June 2002]: The information requested is shown in the table.
Applications1,2 received for asylum in the United Kingdom, excluding dependants, 1994–2001 Year Applications received (principal applicants only) Applications received (including dependants)3 1994 32,830 42,200 1995 43,965 55,000 1996 29,640 37,000 1997 32,500 41,500 1998 46,015 58,500 1999 71,160 91,200 20004 80,315 98,900 20014 71,700 88,300 1 Figures rounded to the nearest five. 2 May exclude some cases lodged at Local Enforcement 3 Offices between January 1999 and March 2000. 4 Provisional data. Information on asylum applications is published quarterly. The next publication will be available from 30 August 2002 on the Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate web site at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html.