Asylum Seekers
House of Lords
Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Labour)
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many individuals were in receipt of section 4 asylum support in each of the past five years; and how many of those (1) were lone parents, (2) were dependent children, and (3) had a disability.
Lord Henley (Conservative)
The information requested is shown in the following table. Please note that the information is derived from local management information and has not been subject to National Statistics protocols.
Individuals in receipt of section 4 asylum support in each of the past five years; and how many of those (1) were lone parents, (2) were dependent children, and (3) had a disability
| Apr-08 | Apr-09 | Apr-10 | Apr-11 | Apr-12 | |
| Individuals | 11685 | 14218 | 11548 | 3824 | 3226 |
| U18 | 1646 | 2377 | 1945 | 786 | 779 |
| Single parents | 1044 | 1270 | 941 | 399 | 421 |
| Disability | * | * | * | * | 6 |
(1) All figures quoted are management information which has been subject to internal quality checks.
(2) Disability figures refer to number of applications with someone having disability, and the applications may correspond to one or more individuals
(3) Figures below 5 are indicated with an "*"