Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2014 to Question 203287, on asylum, if she will make it her policy to apply the six-month service standard to all claims received before April 2014; and if she will make a statement.

The UK has a proud history of granting asylum to those who need it, and the Government is committed to effectively managing its asylum caseload.

It remains our aim to decide straightforward claims made before April 2014 by 31 March 2015. There will always be some cases where further information is required or that are too complex to decide within defined timescales.