<p>The Home Office published data on initial decisions made on asylum cases on 2 January 2024 as part of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-relating-to-the-illegal-migration-bill" target="_blank">Statistics relating to Illegal Migration ad-hoc release</a>. The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-relating-to-the-illegal-migration-bill/additional-statistics-relating-to-illegal-migration-december-2023" target="_blank">Additional statistics relating to Illegal Migration (December 2023)</a> release notes that “Of the 112,138 initial asylum decisions [between 1 January and 28 December 2023], 77,019 were substantive decisions Please note that this data is provisional in table Asy_D02 of <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">the Asylum, Applications, Decisions and Resettlement detailed datasets</a> as part of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics quarterly release</a>.</p>