Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the processing time is for asylum applications as of 2 November 2020.
The Home Office is unable to state what the processing time is for asylum applications as of 2 November 2020 as the Home Office does not publish this information.
However, the Home Office does publish data on the number asylum applications awaiting an initial decision by duration, for main applicants only. This data can be found at This data can be found at Asy_04 of the published Immigration Statistics:
The Home Office are committed to ensuring asylum claims are considered without unnecessary delay, individuals who need protection are granted asylum as soon as possible and can start to integrate and rebuild their lives, including those granted at appeal.