Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2014 to Question 216197, what personal information would be divulged by providing details about the number of Libyan service personnel who have been in receipt of military training in the UK that are being investigated for serious crimes and have also claimed political asylum in the UK.

Access to personal information is governed by the Data Protection Act. Information relating to whether an individual has claimed asylum is considered to be sensitive personal information, and as such, requires special protection.

In this case the number of individuals who fall within the scope of the request is so low that it would be reasonable to conclude that they could be identified, therefore precluding the provision of information on whether any of
them has claimed asylum.