Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have claimed asylum in each of the last six months.

There were 32,423 asylum claims in the UK (main claimants only) in the year ending June 2020.

This information can be found in the published immigration statistics, updated, 27^th August 2020 at Asy_01a and Asy_02b:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2020/list-of-tables#asylum-and-resettlement