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Asylum

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 9 June 2025UIN 55245

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the size of the asylum backlog was on (a) 5 July 2024 and (b) 1 May 2025.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the number of asylum claims awaiting an initial decision is published in table Asy_D03 of the Asylum claims awaiting a decision detailed dataset. The latest data relate to as at 31st March 2025.

Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’.

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