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To ask Her Majesty's Government how many asylum applicants have been placed on the detained fast track in each year since this process was introduced. [HL116]
The attached table shows information on the number of principal asylum applicants accepted at Oakington, Harmondsworth and Yarl's Wood detained fast track centres in each of the years 2000 to 2008.
Information on immigration and asylum are published annually and quarterly. Annual statistics for 2008 and the latest statistics for Q3 2009 are available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate website at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration-asylum-stats.html.
Number of principal applicants Oakington(2) Harmondsworth(3) Yarl's Wood 2000(4) 3,000 : : 2001 9,125 : : 2002 8,360 : : 2003(5) 5,835 580 : 2004 6,470 1,110 : 2005 5,330 1,495 230 2006 2,335 1,205 380 2007 320 745 520 2008(P) : 1,160 515
(1) Figures rounded to the nearest 5 (- = 0, * = 1 or 2).
(2) The detained non-suspensive appeal process for males at Oakington has been moved to Harmondsworth alongside the male detained fast track process already there, this followed an earlier move of the process for females to Yarl's Wood.
(3) May include a small number of cases dealt with at other scheduled sites under the Harmondsworth Fast Track procedure.
(4) Part year March to December 2000 for Oakington as the Oakington Fast Track started in March 2000.
(5) Part year April to December 2003 for Harmondsworth as the Harmondsworth Fast Track started in April 2003.
(P) Provisional figures.
: Not applicable/not available.