Asylum: Females

(asked on 8th July 2014) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women who have sought asylum in the UK in each year since 2010 have (a) been granted asylum, (b) been detained pending application and (c) been refused asylum and removed.


Answered by
James Brokenshire Portrait
James Brokenshire
This question was answered on 22nd July 2014

The data provided in the following table relates to females who applied for
asylum as the main asylum applicant between 2010 and 2013. Claimants who have
had more than one period of detention in the three financial years specified,
have been recorded under the latest period of detention. Cases represented in
this table are those that, at the latest case outcome, have been; granted
asylum, detained or refused and removed on or before 31st March 2014.

The figures quoted have been derived from management information and are
therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been
quality assured under National Statistics protocols, as such it should be
treated as provisional and subject to change.

Year in which claim for asylum was raised.

2010

2011

2012

2013

Granted Asylum

2140

2285

2515

1715

Detained

487

630

834

1020

Refused and Removed

739

668

531

376

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