Asylum Crime Statistics

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Dear Ministry of Justice,

I requested the following information from the Home Office;

Dear Home Office,

Please provide me with the following information under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000.

1 - What was the total number of asylum seekers officially recorded
as arriving in the UK between January and December 2006?

2 - What was the total number of people in part one, who were
subsequently arrested or charged with offences of rape or serious
sexual assault?

3 - What was the total number of asylum seekers officially recorded
as arriving in the UK between January and December 2007?

4 - What was the total number of people in part three, who were
subsequently arrested or charged with offences of rape or serious
sexual assault?

5 - Can the Home Office confirm that the figures quoted in parts
one to four are complete and include all instances between the
dates given?

Yours faithfully,

Mark Walker

Solidarity Trades Union

solidaritytradeunion.net

This was their response;

Dear Mark Walker
Thank you for your email of the 04/03/2010. This falls to be dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I have listed your question for reference.

1. What was the total number of asylum seekers officially recorded as arriving in the UK between January and December 2006?
There were 28,320 asylum applications received in 2006 including dependants.

2 - What was the total number of people in part one, who were subsequently arrested or charged with offences of rape or serious sexual assault?

3 - What was the total number of asylum seekers officially recorded as arriving in the UK between January and December 2007?
There were 28,300 asylum applications received in 2007 including dependants.

4 - What was the total number of people in part three, who were subsequently arrested or charged with offences of rape or serious sexual assault?

5 - Can the Home Office confirm that the figures quoted in parts one to four are complete and include all instances between the dates given?

The information you have requested in questions 2, 4, and 5 is not held by the UK Border Agency. I would recommend you contact the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) as the MoJ will be able to advise you further on criminal offences, and whether the information you require is available. I have provided the contact details of the MoJ for your reference.

Ministry of Justice
Data Access and Compliance Unit
Postal Point 6.25, Floor 6
102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ

Could you therefore provide me with the answers to questions 2, 4, and 5 please?

Yours faithfully,

Mark Walker

Solidarity Trades Union

solidaritytradeunion.net

Data Access & Compliance Unit, Ministry of Justice

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Freedom of Information Request FOI/64495/10

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Dear Mark Walker,

SUBJECT: Freedom of Information Request

Thank you for your correspondence of March 31, 2010, in which you asked
for information about people arrested or charged with offences of rape
or serious sexual assault under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA) from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).

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Dear Mr Walker,
Please find attached a response to your Freedom of Information request.

Yours sincerely,

Kate

Kate Holliday | Senior Case Advisor

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Dear Mr Walker,

Please find attached a response to your Freedom of Information request.

Yours sincerely,

Kate Holliday | Senior Case Advisor

Data Access & Compliance Unit | Ministry of Justice 6th Floor, point 6.23
| 102 Petty France | London | SW1H 9AJ

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Dear Holliday, Kate,

So who holds this vital information?

Yours sincerely,

Mark Walker

Holliday, Kate, Ministry of Justice

Thanks for your email.

I will be away from my desk for most of Tuesday 27th April. If you have an
urgent enquiry please call me on 0203 334 5151, or Kat Banaghan on 5152.

Many thanks,
Kate

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Dear Mr Walker,

Thank you for your email. As stated in your original response, the
information you are seeking may be held by the Home Office or by the
local police authorities. Unfortunately I am unable to comment on what
specific information they hold. If you contact them directly, they will
be able to assist you further.

For reference, their contact details are as follows -

Home Office:

[email address]

Please mark your correspondence FOIA.

Alternatively, a list of local police authorities can be found at the
following address:

http://www.apa.police.uk/APA/About+Polic...

Yours sincerely,

Kate Holliday | Data Access & Compliance Unit

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