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Asylum

Asked by Euan StainbankLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 2 March 2026UIN 114756

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which country of origin had the highest percentage of asylum applicant initial decision success rate since July 2024.

Answered by Alex Norris

The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’.

Data on initial decisions on asylum claims by nationality is published in table Asy_D02 of the ‘Asylum claims and initial decisions datasets’. The latest data relates to the year ending September 2025.

Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks. The latest data relates to the year ending September 2025. Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’.

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