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Question follow-through · 12547

Asylum: Sri Lanka

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims of Sri Lankan nationals located on Diego Garcia are being considered by her Department.

answeredHome Office

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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
4 Nov 2024
Target answer date
11 Nov 2024
Answer
11 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims of Sri Lankan nationals located on Diego Garcia are being considered by her Department.

  2. 11 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    None. I refer the Hon Member to PQ 12545.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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