Question follow-through · 2022

Asylum: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claimants there are in Northern Ireland for which the latest data is available.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
18 May 2026
Target answer date
21 May 2026
Answer
4 Jun 2026 · 17 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 asylum claimants there are in Northern Ireland for which the latest data is available.

  2. 21 May 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The Home Office are unable to state how many asylum claimants there are in Northern Ireland as this information is not routinely collated.The Home Office publishes data on the number of individuals in receipt of asylum support. The most recent published s...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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