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Mr. Darling
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for asylum as listed in his answer of 21 October, Official Report, column 338, were (a) in country and (b) at port of entry on entry in each quarter of 1990 and 1991.
Mr. Peter Lloyd
The information requested is given in the table. The figures are for principal applicants excluding dependants. The 1990 figures for after-entry applications understate because of delays in recording, particularly for the fourth quarter.
| Applications received1 2 for asylum in the United Kingdom, by location of application, 1990–91 | |||
| At port of entry | After entry3 4 | Total3 4 | |
| 19903 | |||
| Quarter 1 | 1,450 | 1,910 | 3,360 |
| Quarter 2 | 1,615 | 2,000 | 3,615 |
| Quarter 3 | 2,580 | 4,220 | 6,800 |
| Quarter 4 | 3,550 | 3,995 | 7,545 |
| 1991 | |||
| Quarter 1 | 3,520 | 8,180 | 11,700 |
| Quarter 2 | 2,040 | 10,030 | 12,070 |
| Quarter 3 | 1,970 | 8,630 | 10,600 |
| 1 Excluding dependants. | |||
| 2 Provisional figures, rounded to the nearest 5. | |||
| 3 The after-entry, and total, figures for 1990 understate because of delays in recording, particularly for the fourth quarter. In total, applications in 1990, excluding dependants, are estimated at over 22,000 (over 30,000 including dependants). | |||
| 4 Includes also the small number of principal applications made from overseas | |||