HC Deb 28 October 1999 vol 336 cc977-8W
Mr. Lidington

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many(a) asylum and (b) immigration appeals are waiting to be heard at the (i) adjudicator and (ii) tribunal tier. [96054]

Jane Kennedy

As at 30 September 1999, there were 2,666 asylum and 2,077 immigration appeals waiting to be heard by adjudicators. A further 2,310 asylum and 757 immigration appeals were waiting to be heard by the tribunal.

Mr. Lidington

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many(a) full-time and (b) part-time adjudicators are employed to deal with immigration and asylum appeals. [96053]

Jane Kennedy

There are currently 50 full-time and 197 part-time adjudicators employed to hear immigration and asylum appeals. A further 50 part-time adjudicators have been appointed, and will begin to hear appeals from February 2000.

Mr. Lidington

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many decisions on(a) immigration and (b) asylum appeals have been made by (i) adjudicators and (ii) tribunals in each month since 30 April 1997. [96049]

Jane Kennedy

The information is as follows:

Adjudicator Tribunal
Asylum Immigration Asylum Immigration
1997–98
April 1,955 1,123 106 126
May 1,645 775 97 82
June 1,797 1,356 222 186
July 1,942 1,278 261 48
August 1,676 1,240 46 76
September 2,021 1,136 44 32
October 2,273 1,114 88 291
November 1,921 969 88 32
December 1,595 1,302 133 43
January 1,746 953 94 22
February 1,617 1,179 86 1
March 1,996 748 50 181
Total 22;184 13,173 1,315 1,120
1998–99
April 1,603 1,276 34 52
May 1,600 1,198 105 79
June 2,076 1,088 87 50
July 2,021 1,112 92 24
August 1,886 936 109 67
September 2,687 1,105 132 93
October 3,139 1,175 115 64
November 2,574 1,084 77 61
December 2,377 941 108 58
January 2,497 1,040 88 36
February 1,479 800 93 33
March 2,841 1,208 156 87
Total 26,780 12,963 1,196 704
1999–2000
April 1,784 970 74 20
May 1,516 779 116 82
June 1,648 716 180 50
July 1,502 661 216 52
August 1,445 472 150 80
September 1,406 701 200 111
Total 9,301 4,299 936 395