Written Question·Home Office·UIN 17734

Asylum: Northern Ireland

Tabled: 10 July 2026
Answered: 16 July 2026
Named Day

Question

Gavin Robinson

Democratic Unionist PartyBelfast East

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.

Answer

Alex Norris
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 ...

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