Asylum Seekers

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for each month how many asylum applications were decided (a) by the granting of refugee status, (b) by the granting of exceptional leave to remain and (c) by the refusal to either; and, of those granted refugee status or leave to remain, how many were port applicants for asylum and how many were lawfully in the United Kingdom.

Available monthly information for 1990 and the first half of 1991 is given in the table. Corresponding information for the second half of 1991 is not yet available.

Decisions^{1 2 3} on application³ for asylum in the United Kingdom
Number of applications¹
	Granted asylum			Granted exceptional leave
	Applied at part	Applied after entry⁴	Total granted asylum	Applied at port	Applied after entry⁴	Total granted exceptional leave	Refused asylum or exceptional leave
1990
January	105	55	160	240	75	320	60
February	80	35	115	180	60	240	55
March	60	40	95	165	45	210	40
April	45	25	65	170	60	235	45
May	30	20	55	150	55	210	90
June	25	35	60	80	50	130	45
July	40	35	75	85	75	165	45
August	30	25	55	75	60	135	45
September	55	20	75	180	85	270	70
October	90	20	110	125	75	200	70
November	40	40	75	130	100	230	80
December	15	35	55	60	35	90	55
1991⁵
January	20	30	55	395	115	510	90
February	10	20	30	135	110	250	85
March	5	30	40	70	65	135	115
April	10	25	30	20	65	85	115
May	10	30	35	20	45	65	110
June	5	20	25	15	40	55	70
¹ Excluding dependants.
² Provisional figures, rounded to the nearest 5.
³ Decisions do not necessarily relate to applications made in the same year.
⁴ Comprehensive information on the immigration status of these applicants is not readily available.
⁵ 1991 figures are likely to understate because of delays in recording.

Volume 202: debated on Thursday 30 January 1992