Question follow-through · 17734
Asylum: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many third country asylum applications have been handled in Northern Ireland in each of the last 5 calendar years, following the applicants having been in the UK for 6 months and 1 day.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 10 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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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
10 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many third country asylum applications have been handled in Northern Ireland in each of the last 5 calendar years, following the applicants having been in the UK for 6 months and 1 day.
15 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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16 Jul 2026
Answer published
Obtaining the specific information requested would involve collating and verifying information from multiple systems owned by multiple teams across the Home Office and, therefore, could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.The safety and security of ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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