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Mr. Mellor
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many civil servants were employed to deal with asylum cases on (a) 1 October 1980, (b) 1 October 1985, (c) 1 October 1990 and (d) 1 October 1995. [6944]
Mr. Kirkhope
The numbers of civil servants employed to deal solely with asylum cases—screening, determination and appeals—were as follows:
- 1 October 1980: 30
- 1 October 1985: 48
- 1 October 1990: 91
- 1 October 1995: 596