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Asylum: Applications

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainHome OfficeTabled Answered 28 October 2025UIN 84077

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the initial grant rate of asylum applications by the (a) ethnicity (b) nationality of the decision makers.

Answered by Alex Norris

The Home Office collates and publishes diversity data on staff, this can be accessed via Home Office workforce diversity statistics - GOV.UK.

However, the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

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