Speeches

Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead on 2016-04-28.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Eritrean nationals were required to pay fees for their asylum appeals in (1) 2013, (2) 2014, and (3) 2015.

Lord Faulks

The numbers of Eritrean nationals who lodged an asylum appeal in the UK or from overseas in the three years up to December 2015 are:

Total

Within the UK

Outside the UK

2013

122

122

0

2014

241

240

1

2015

1,856

1,854

2

The numbers of Eritrean nationals who were required to pay a fee for their asylum appeal in the three years up to December 2015 are:

Total

2013

1

2014

2

2015

23

Notes to tables:

1. Figures include Asylum, Protection and Revocation of Protection appeals.

2. Figures provided are taken from internal management information and not subject to the same quality checks as Official Statistics.