Caroline Lucas – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2016-03-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many single destitute asylum seekers were granted accommodation and support under section 4 of the Immigration and Nationality Act in the last year because they were (a) unable to leave the UK due to medical reasons and (b) taking all reasonable steps to leave the UK; and how many such applications were made within 21 days of that person’s appeal rights being exhausted.

James Brokenshire

Our records indicate that a total of 105 destitute asylum seekers were granted accommodation and support under section 4 of the Immigration and Nationality Act in the last year (2015) due to pregnancy, medical reasons or because they were taking all reasonable steps to leave the UK.

A full breakdown of categories is given below:

(a) unable to leave the UK due to medical reasons – 42 (including 6 due to late pregnancy)

(b) taking all reasonable steps to leave the UK – 63

(c) how many of these applications were made within 21 days of that person’s appeal rights being exhausted:

– Medical – 1

– Steps to Leave – 5

This is provisional management information that is subject to change. It has not been assured to the standard of Official Statistics.