Question follow-through · 61838
Asylum: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications were received in Northern Ireland in the last financial year.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 23 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 4 Jul 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Immigration and borders
- Asylum: EU Countries · 24 Jun 2025
- Visas: Married People and Skilled Workers · 24 Jun 2025
- Immigration Controls · 10 Jul 2026
- Immigration Controls · 10 Jul 2026
- Asylum: Northern Ireland · 10 Jul 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
23 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications were received in Northern Ireland in the last financial year.
25 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Jul 2025
Answer published
Available data on people claiming asylum in the UK is published in table Asy_D01 of the ‘Asylum claims and initial decisions detailed datasets’. Data on asylum seekers in receipt of support by local authority is published in table Asy_D11 of the ‘Asylum s...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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20 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many candidates from Police Service Northern Ireland successfully completed the College of Policing’s Executive Leadership Programme since 2023.
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Immigration Controls
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10 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times UK Border Force has exercised powers to stop, board and inspect vehicles, public transport, buses and boats for immigration purposes in each of the last five calendar years.
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