A question on #Asylum #ReligiousFreedom tabled by Ruth Jones on 02-06-2025 has been answered by Dame Angela Eagle.

Heading: Asylum: Religious Freedom
Question ID: 1808064
UIN: 56329
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-02
Asking Member ID: 4716
Asking Member display name: Ruth Jones
Asking Member handle: RuthJonesLabour
Asking Member Twitter reference: @RuthJonesLabour
Member interest: false
Question text: 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
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Date answered: 2025-06-05
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 491
Answering Member display name: Dame Angela Eagle
Answering Member handle: angelaeagle
Answering Member Twitter reference: @angelaeagle
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Answer text: We do not publish the number of asylum claims that were granted based on religious persecution.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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Answering body ID: 1
Answering body name: Home Office
Tweeted: true