<p>We are committed to ensuring that asylum claims are considered without unnecessary delay, to ensure that those who need protection are granted as soon as possible and can start to integrate and rebuild their lives, including those granted at appeal.</p><p>Information regarding the number of asylum claims which remain unresolved after 52 weeks, is routinely published as part of the Government’s Transparency agenda. The latest release of which can be found at can be found at table Asy_11: Age of Asylum Initial Decision Work In Progress - applications made from 1st Oct 2006 at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-november-2018." target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-november-2018.</a></p><p>This table shows the number of asylum cases outstanding after 12 months for both straightforward and non-straightforward cases as at Quarter 3, 2018.</p>