Question follow-through · 31526

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the level of the backlog in Home Office asylum cases in (a) England, (b) North West region and (c) Runcorn and Helsby constituency.

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Home Office
Tabled
13 Feb 2025
Target answer date
24 Feb 2025
Answer
26 Feb 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 13 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the level of the backlog in Home Office asylum cases in (a) England, (b) North West region and (c) Runcorn and Helsby constituency.

  2. 24 Feb 2025

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  3. 26 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘...

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