Asylum: Staff
(asked on 3rd February 2023) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials were responsible for (a) examining and (b) making decisions on asylum applications as of 31 December 2022.
This question was answered on 13th February 2023
Caseworking staff are defined as all staff responsible for interviewing and deciding asylum operations claims. The number of asylum caseworkers involved in making decisions on asylum applications as of 31 December 2022 was 1277.
The total number of officials, beyond caseworking staff, responsible for examining asylum applications is greater. This figure could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.