Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times has the requirement to submit further submissions in relation to an asylum application in person been waived in each year since 2014.

Our records indicate that a total of 1,677 postal further submissions have been made as a result of the Further Submissions in Person policy being waived (since the introduction of the policy in March 2015). A yearly breakdown of these is provided in table 1 below.

Table 1 - Postal further submissions by year

Year Number of postal submissions
2015 217
2016 306
2017 396
2018 758
(Total) 1,677

Notes
1. These statistics have been taken from a live operational database. As such, numbers may change as information on that system is updated

2. Data extracted on 19/05/2019
3. Data relates to main applicants who lodged a postal further submission to Liverpool, between 30/03/2015 and 31/12/2018, who had previously applied for asylum

4. The further submissions in person policy was implemented in Liverpool on 30/03/2015

5. Postal further submissions are lodged when the requirement to lodge in person has been waived

6. The latest reportable period in line with published immigration statistics is 31/12/2018.