PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Asylum: Sri Lanka (30 October 2014)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Sri Lankan asylum seekers who claimed asylum in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011, (d) 2012, (e) 2013 and (f) 2014, have been found to be victims of torture; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by:
Gareth Thomas (Labour)

The Home Office does not collate statistics on this matter. All information pertaining to an individuals asylum claim is recorded on their case file and to answer this question would require a comprehensive review of all case files, which would involve a prohibitive cost.

Answered by:
James Brokenshire (Conservative)
5 November 2014