HC Deb 13 July 1992 vol 211 cc412-3W
Mr. Darling

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will provide a table of the number of appeals to the immigration appeals tribunal allowed and dismissed in 1991 and the first quarter of 1992.

Mr. John M. Taylor

The information requested is as follows:

Appeals to the immigration appeals tribunal
Allowed Dismissed
19911 130 224
January to March 1992 60 103
1 Because of an administrative error at the immigration appellate authorities no figures are available for the period October to December 1991. Estimated figures have therefore been provided for 1991 based on the number of appeals allowed and dismissed from January to September 1991.

Mr. Darling

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will provide a table showing the number of appeals to the immigration adjudicators allowed and dismissed in 1991 and the first quarter of 1992 broken down according to the nationality of the appellant and the type of decision appealed against.

Mr. John M. Taylor

The information concerning the nationality of appellants is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The number of appeals to immigration adjudicators allowed and dismissed in 1991 and the first quarter of 1992, broken down according to the type of decision, is given in the table.

Mr. Darling

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what is the average delay, listed by each immigration appeals hearing centre, (i) between receiving the explanatory statement and papers about a case(a) from a British post overseas and (b) from the Home Office and sending those papers to an appellant or his or her authorised representative and (ii) between the hearing of an immigration appeal by an adjudicator and the dispatch of the determination to the appellant or authorised representative.

Mr. John M. Taylor

The immigration appellate authorities are able to dispatch copies of the explanatory statement and case papers to an appellant or his or her authorised representative within five says of their receipt from a British post overseas or the Home Office. The current average time between the hearing of an immigration appeal by an adjudicator and the dispatch of the determination to the appellant or authorised representative is as follows for each hearing centre:

Weeks
Thanet House, London 5
Harmondsworth 5
Birmingham 6
Manchester 10
Leeds 7
Glasgow 4