Written Question·Home Office·UIN 13632

Asylum: Applications

Tabled: 11 November 2024

Answered: 14 November 2024

Named Day

Question

Ashley Dalton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on increasing its capacity to clear the backlog of asylum applications.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

The Home Secretary has removed the retrospective application of the Illegal Migration Act. This allows asylum claims from individuals who have arrived in the UK since 7 March 2023 to be considered against the existing legislative regime under the National...

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