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Asylum: Applications

Asked by Sir Mark HendrickLabour (Co-op)Home OfficeTabled Answered 9 July 2025UIN 63989

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time was for asylum applications in the latest period for which data is available; and what steps her Department plans to take to reduce the time taken to process asylum applications.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

Available data on processing of asylum claims is published in table ASY_01 of the ‘Immigration and Protection data’. The latest data is as of 31 March 2025.

The Home Office continues to invest in a programme of transformation and business improvement, to speed up decision making and improve the quality and consistency of our work.

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