Applications( 1,)()( 2) received for asylum in the United Kingdom and initial decisions 1997 to 2007
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007( 7)
Including dependants
Initial decisions
Total
48,530
42,905
45,850
132,925
155,900
103,450
80,370
55,390
33,210
25,475
26,665
Granted asylum
6,210
8,245
10,405
12,135
14,755
10,990
5,380
2,160
2,470
2,630
4,495
Granted exceptional leave to remain, humanitarian protection or discretionary leave(3)
4,740
6,455
4,640
12,645
26,025
22,470
7,805
4,195
2,955
2,410
2,315
Refused asylum, ELR, HP and DL
37,585
28,205
13,915
92,330
115,120
69,990
67,185
49,040
27,780
20,430
19,850
Granted exceptional leave under backlog criteria(4,5)
n/a
n/a
15,195
14,045
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Refused on non-compliance grounds under backlog criteria(4,6)
n/a
n/a
1,690
1,775
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Dependants only
Initial decisions
Total
12,485
11,335
12,125
23,720
34,955
19,910
15,430
9,370
5,815
4,545
4,890
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Granted asylum
2,225
2,900
2,590
1,765
3,310
2,720
1,515
595
530
465
950
Granted exceptional leave to remain, humanitarian protection or discretionary leave(3)
1,625
2,545
2,175
1,150
5,835
2,330
595
200
155
105
120
Refused asylum, ELR, HP and DL
8,640
5,890
2,895
16,650
25,810
14,860
13,320
8,575
5,130
3,975
3,820
Granted exceptional leave under backlog criteria(4,5)
n/a
n/a
4,055
3,720
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Refused on non-compliance grounds under backlog criteria(4,5)
n/a
n/a
415
440
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a = not applicable (1) Figures rounded to the nearest five. (2) From 1998 to 2001 dependants figures are estimated. Including dependants who applied with the principal applicant and those who arrived subsequently but before the principal application was decided. Figures from 2002 are based on actual data. (3) Humanitarian protection (HP) and discretionary leave (DL) replaced exceptional leave to remain from 1 April 2003. (4) Cases decided under measures aimed at reducing the pre 1996 asylum application backlog. (5) Includes cases where asylum or exceptional leave has been granted under the backlog criteria. (6) Includes some cases where the application has been refused on substantive grounds. (7) Provisional figures.
Asylum: Iraq
Mr. Lidington:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Iraqis have been granted resettlement in the UK under the Locally Employed Staff Assistance Scheme since its inception. [233222]
Mr. Woolas:
As of 28 October, 123 locally employed staff have been resettled to the UK under the Locally Employed Staff Assistance Scheme since its inception.
The figures quoted are not provided under National Statistics protocols and have been derived from local management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change.
Departmental Conditions of Employment
Mrs. May:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of employees in her Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours per week. [233830]
Mr. Woolas:
Information on the percentage of employees working on flexible working contracts, job share employment contracts or working from home for more than four hours per week is not held centrally. This information can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental ICT
Paul Holmes:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) memory sticks, (b) laptop computers, (c) desktop computers, (d) hard drives and (e) mobile telephones were (i) lost by and (ii) stolen from her Department in each year since 1997. [234090]
Mr. Woolas:
The table contains the information requested for each year from 2002 to 2008. No information is available for years prior to 2002.
It should be noted that these figures include equipment lost and stolen from both the core Home Office and the United Kingdom Border Agency.
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Lost
Stolen
Lost
Stolen
Lost
Stolen
Lost
Stolen
Lost
Stolen
Lost
Stolen
Lost
Stolen
Memory sticks
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
3
0
Laptops
3
12
2
12
3
20
2
24
2
9
7
22
3
14
Desktops
0
15
0
0
0
65
0
22
0
0
0
0
0
0
Hard drives
0
21
0
39
0
13
0
12
0
0
0
2
0
0
Mobile phones
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Notes:
1. DSU’s recorded figures only go back as far as 2002 and therefore cannot give information from 1997 to 2001.
2. These figures are for core Home Office and UKBA.
