To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications have been received from asylum seekers temporarily resident in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and how many such applications have been successful.

Your question has been interpreted as requesting information on the number of people, resident in Northern Ireland in the last five years, who have claimed and subsequently been granted asylum. We are unable to identify those living in Northern Ireland prior to raising a claim for asylum. Therefore, the figures provided are based on main claimants who Home Office records indicate

currently have a primary address recorded as in Northern Ireland.

To Note: Grants may relate to claims made in previous years.

The figures quoted have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics