Outstanding Asylum Applications

Lord Avebury
asked Her Majesty's Government:How many applications for asylum lodged before 1 July 1993, and between 1 July 1993 and 31 December 1995, respectively, remain to be decided. [HL3187]

Lord Williams of Mostyn
The information requested is given in the table.-----------------------------------------------------
|Applications                                       |
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|Applications lodged before July 1993               |
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|Applications lodged from July 1993 to December 1995|
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It is intended that the applications made before July 1993 be cleared by September 1999 and those lodged between July 1993 and December 1995 by April 2000.