Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims in 2015 were (a) refused within six months of being lodged and (b) subsequently granted on appeal.

The Home Office publishes figures on the outcome of asylum claims made during each calendar year in table as_06 of the Immigration Statistics release.

The Home Office also publishes figures on asylum appeals and determinations, in table as_14_q of the quarterly Immigration Statistics release.

A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics July to September 2016, is available from https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release

In addition, as part of its Transparency agenda the Home Office publishes data on decisions made within 6 months. Figures for the financial year 2015/16 can be found at tab Asy 01 at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-november-2016