Written Question·Home Office·UIN 56329

Asylum: Religious Freedom

Tabled: 2 June 2025
Answered: 5 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Ruth Jones

LabourNewport West and Islwyn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of asylum claims made on the grounds of religious persecution from (a) Nigeria, (b) Eritrea and c) Pakistan between December 2001 and Decembe

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
We do not publish the number of asylum claims that were granted based on religious persecution. This information is not recorded in a reportable format. Information regarding initial decisions on asylum applications, by outcome, is contained within ASY_D0...

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