Departmental Public Service Agreements (Hansard, 24 July 2000)

§ Mr. Lidington

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a revised list of his Department's public service agreements taking account of the conclusions of the Comprehensive Spending Review. [132352]

Immigration and Nationality Directorate Objectives and Targets 2000–01
Number	Objective	Target
1.	To increase the number of asylum decisions	130,000–150,000
2.	To increase the percentage of substantive asylum applications decided within two months.	70 per cent. by March 2001
3.	To remove more failed asylum seekers.	12,000
4.	To increase decisions in nationality cases.	91,000
5.	To reduce the average time for granting citizenship.	12 months by March 2001
6.	To increase the number of non asylum after entry decisions.	205,000
7.	To increase the number of non asylum offenders removed.	3,500
8.	To maintain the unit cost in real terms of supporting an asylum seeker for a week.	£150 single
		£220 family
9.	To reduce the unit cost of immigration checks at ports.	£5.17
10.	To increase the percentage of inadequately documented passengers who are detected at locations where there are Airline Liaison Officers.	82 per cent.
11.	To reduce the number of occasions where non European Economic Area passengers have to wait more than 30 minutes.	1,455 or less
12.	To increase the percentage of detailed examinations (non asylum) which result in refusal.	64 per cent.
13.	To increase the percentage of non asylum refusals which result in removal.	92 per cent.
14.	To maintain the percentage of appealed decisions upheld.	85 per cent.

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