Question follow-through · 121075

Asylum: Chevening Scholarships Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of Chevening scholars from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan have claimed asylum in the United Kingdom following the completion of their scholarships.

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Home Office
Tabled
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
18 Mar 2026
Answer
23 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 16 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of Chevening scholars from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan have claimed asylum in the United Kingdom following the completion of their scholarships.

  2. 18 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the number of people claiming asylum where the latest leave held prior to claim was a study visa is published in table Asy_D01a of the ‘Asylum claim...

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