Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants from what countries of origin were granted asylum in each year since 2010; what the nature of their illegal status was before they were granted asylum; for what reason they were granted asylum; whether they entered the UK illegally; whether their cases involved a claim under the Human Rights Act 1998; and if she will make a statement.

The following table outlines the data requested. Unfortunately, it is not possible to provide information regarding the reasons that an individual has been granted asylum, nor is it possible to provide the number of
claims that include a claim made under the Human Rights Act 1998. Information on this is not centrally recorded, and the information requested in my Hon. Friends question could only be obtained through a manual search of individual case files. This would only be achievable at a disproportionate cost.

The data included in the table solely relates to the number of main claimants who claimed asylum and received a decision between 1st October 2006 and 31st December 2013 and have been granted asylum at the first case outcome.
In line with our data protection principles, data sets with a cohort of fewer than 10 people have been replaced with a *. Illegal Immigrant has been interpreted as referring to those who have been identified as being an illegal entrant or an overstayer.