§ Mr. VazTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what is the current backlog of appeals for(a) the immigration tribunal and (b) the immigration appeal tribunal in each of the appeal centres.
Mr. John M. TaylorAs of this month 23,000 cases were outstanding before immigration adjudicators and 322 before the immigration appeals tribunal. In order to break down the first figure regionally it is necessary to consider cases listed, cases awaiting instructions from one of the parties and the balance which, alone, is in the control of the administration/judiciary and to employ some apportionment. This approach produces the following figures:
Numbers Thanet House 13,730 Birmingham 2,230 Leeds 1,010 Harmonsworth 3,510 Manchester 1,860 Glasgow 660