Lord Lansley – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Lansley on 2016-03-14.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of asylum claims resolved after six months were found to be well-founded in the latest period for which the statistics are available.

Lord Bates

In 2015 there were a total of 10,199 asylum claims which were concluded six months or more after their initial application date. Of these, 4,620 claims were found to be entitled to a grant of asylum based on a well-founded fear of persecution.