Whilst we sympathise with people in many difficult situations around the world, we are not bound to consider asylum claims from the very large numbers of people overseas who might like to come here. Asylum is for people in danger in their home country. Those who need international protection should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach \u2013 that is the fastest route to safety.<\/p>
<\/p>
Between 2015 and December 2022, just under half a million people were offered safe and legal routes into the UK\u2013 including those from Hong Kong, Syria, Afghanistan, Ukraine as well as family members of refugees.<\/p>
This includes over 28,200 refugees resettled through the government\u2019s refugee resettlement schemes. Our family reunion policy has also reunited many refugees with their family members; we have issued over 44,659 visas under our refugee family reunion Rules since 2015. The UK is one of the largest recipients of UNHCR referred refugees globally, second only to Sweden in Europe since 2015.<\/p>
The UK continues to welcome refugees and people in need through existing resettlement schemes which include the UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS), Community Sponsorship, the Mandate Resettlement Scheme and the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS).<\/p>
Further information on existing safe and legal routes is available below:<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-and-borders-bill-safe-and-legal-routes-factsheet/nationality-and-borders-bill-factsheet-safe-and-legal-routes<\/a>.<\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1219460/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.<\/p> Dear Lord Rooker,<\/p> As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking what the average life expectancy in England (1) is currently, and (2) was in 2010 (HL6324)<\/strong>.<\/p> The Office for National Statistics (ONS) published the \u2018National life tables; England<\/em>\u2019 dataset[1] on 25 September 2019. The latest available figures show that period life expectancy at birth for the years 2016 to 2018 was 83.18 years for females and 79.56 years for males. The corresponding figures for the years 2008 to 2010 are 82.33 for females and 78.31 for males.<\/p> Period life expectancy assumes mortality rates remain constant into the future. For further information, please see \u2018Period and Cohort Life Expectancy Explained\u2019<\/em>[2].<\/p> The bulletin published with the national life tables contains further information about these tables[3].<\/p> Yours sincerely,<\/p> Professor Sir Ian Diamond<\/strong><\/p> [1]https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/datasets/nationallifetablesenglandreferencetables<\/a><\/p>