HC Deb 04 March 2004 vol 418 c1135W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 11 February 2004,Official Report, column 1548W, on the Working Time Directive, whether his Department expects the NHS to be compliant with the Directive for doctors in training from 1 August; and if he will make a statement. [156353]

Mr. Hutton

The Working Time Directive will be a legal requirement for doctors in training from 1 August 2004 and we expect national health service employers to comply with the legislation. Strategic health authorities are currently working with their respective trusts locally on plans to achieve compliance.

Asylum applications1;" received in the United Kingdom, excluding dependants, initial decision2 2000—2003, nationals of Afghanistan
Applications Initial

Decisions

 Grants of

Asylum

 Grants of

ELR

 Grants of

Humanitarian

Protection

 Grants of

Discretionary

Leave

 Total

refusals3

 Grants of

ELR under

backlog

criteria4

 Non

compliance
2000 5,555 2,590 375 695 n/a n/a 1,515 10 -
2001(r) 8,920 12,365 2,320 7,500 n/a n/a 2,545 n/a n/a
2002(P) 7,205 8,175 115 4,765 n/a n/a 3,300 n/a n/a
2003(P) 2,290 3,920 40 204 * 350 3,320 n/a 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.
3May include some refusals under non compliance grounds.
4Includes persons departing 'voluntarily' after enforcement action had been initiated against them, persons leaving under Assisted Voluntary Return Programmes run by the International Organisation for Migration, and removals on safe third country grounds
(r)Revised figures
(P)Provisional figures
N/A Not applicable
Removals and voluntary departures1 of Afghan asylum applicants, excluding dependants, 2000 to September 20032,3,4(E)
2000 2001 2002(P) Jan-Sept 2003 2003(P)(5)
Afghanistan .. 125 395 460

1Includes persons departing 'voluntarily' after enforcement action had been initiated against them, persons leaving under Assisted Voluntary Return Programmes run by the International Organisation for Migration, and removals on safe third country grounds.