Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of asylum seekers who were given the right to remain in the UK had had a previous application for the right to remain denied in each of the last five years.

The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the outcomes of asylum applications at initial decision is published in table Asy_D02 of the Asylum applications, decisions and resettlement detailed dataset. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to the year ending September 2023. Data up to December 2023 is due to be published on 29 February 2024.

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

Please note that the data relates to applicants’ first asylum claim and the initial outcome; the data does not indicate whether the individual has previously applied for any other leave; for further information on the journey of asylum seekers, see the Migrant Journey 2022 report.