Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims are awaiting resolution as at 16 September 2021.

The Home Office does publish data on how many initial asylum applications are awaiting a decision and by duration , but only up to and including June 2021. This data can be found at Asy_04 of the published Immigration Statistics:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2021/list-of-tables#asylum-and-resettlement