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<p>The Home Office publishes figures on the number of asylum claims and decisions
made as part of its Immigration Statistics release. The latest version can be found
at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-january-to-march-2017-data-tables"
target="_blank">Immigration statistics, January to March 2017: data tables - GOV.UK</a>
and in the attached table.</p><p>The table below shows the total number of claims
and decisions made in each of the last two years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number
of Claims</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Decisions Made</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>32,733</p></td><td><p>28,622</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>30,603</p></td><td><p>24,984</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
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