PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Asylum: Deportation (7 September 2015)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been removed to a third country under the terms of the Dublin Convention in each month of 2014 and 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by:
Gareth Thomas (Labour)

The following table shows the information requested, as indicated by our records:

Jan-14	Feb-14	Mar-14	Apr-14	May-14	Jun-14	Jul-14	Aug-14	Sep-14	Oct-14	Nov-14	Dec-14
50	40	40	30	40	30	30	30	50	50	30	20
Jan-15	Feb-15	Mar-15	Apr-15	May-15	Jun-15
30	40	40	40	20	50

Figures are rounded to the nearest 10; are based on the latest management information so are subject to change; and have not been quality assured under national statistics protocols.

These figures include people who have claimed asylum in the UK (main applicants), who applied on or after 01 October 2006.

Answered by:
James Brokenshire (Conservative)
14 September 2015