Question follow-through · 2021

Asylum: Belfast

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people made asylum applications at Drumkeen House in Belfast in each of the last three years.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
18 May 2026
Target answer date
21 May 2026
Answer
21 May 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people made asylum applications at Drumkeen House in Belfast in each of the last three years.

  2. 21 May 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 May 2026

    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.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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