PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Asylum (1 July 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants have claimed asylum after entering the UK illegally in the last 10 years; how long on average after entry each such applicant claimed asylum; how many of those applicants were granted asylum; and how many unsuccessful applicants left the UK either voluntarily or by enforced removal.

Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)

The Home Office are unable to state how many applicants have claimed asylum after entering the UK illegally in the last 10 years or how long on average after each entry each such applicant claimed asylum. The Home Office do not monitor cases on method of entry.

The Home Office can state how many applicants have been granted asylum in each of the last 10 years. This data can be found at Asy_02a (initial decisions on asylum applications, by outcome), of the published Immigration Statistics March 2020:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2020/list-of-tables#asylum-and-resettlement

The Home Office also publishes data on how many unsuccessful applicants left the UK either voluntarily or by enforced removal. This data can be found at Ret_04 (Returns from the UK, by nationality and type of return and asylum/non-asylum), of the published Immigration Statistics March 2020:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2020/list-of-tables#asylum-and-resettlement

Answered by:
Chris Philp (Conservative)
10 July 2020