Asylum Seekers Question Asked by Lord Hylton To ask Her Majesty's Government in each year since the detained fast track was introduced, how many fast tracked asylum applicants subsequently achieved refugee status or humanitarian protection. [HL118] The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord West of Spithead) The attached table shows information on the number of principal asylum applicants accepted at Oakington, Harmondsworth and Yarl's Wood detained fast-track centres, of which asylum applicants subsequently achieved refugee status or humanitarian protection in each of the years 2000 to 2008. Information on immigration and asylum is 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 (3) | |Harmondsworth (4)| |Yarl's Wood | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Year |Granted Asylum|Granted HP, DL, ELR (5)|Granted Asylum |Granted HP, DL, ELR (5)|Granted Asylum|Granted HP, DL, ELR (5) | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000(6) |25 |10 |: |: |: |: | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001 |65 |30 |: |: |: |: | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002 |65 |10 |: |: |: |: | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003(7) |25 |10 |- |- |: |: | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004 |90 |35 |* |* |: |: | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 |275 |60 |10 |- |* |- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006 |190 |10 |10 |- |- |* | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007 |* |* |5 |* |5 |* | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2008 (P)|: |: |10 |* |10 |* | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Figures rounded to the nearest 5 ( - = 0, * = 1 or 2). (2) Information is of initial determination decisions, excluding the outcome of appeals or other subsequent decisions. (3) The detained non-suspensive appeal process for males at Oakington has been moved to Harmondsworth alongside the male detained fast-track process already there, which followed an earlier move of the process for females to Yarl's Wood. (4) May include a small number of cases dealt with at other scheduled sides under the Harmondsworth fast- track procedure. (5) Humanitarian protection (HP) and discretionary leave replaced exceptional leave to remain (ELR) from 1 April 2003. (6) Part year March to December 2000 for Oakington as the Oakington fast track started in March 2000. (7) Part year April to December 2003 for Harmondsworth as the Harmondsworth fast track started in April 2003. (P) Provisional figures. : Not applicable / not available.