§ Mr. RosindellTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Home Affairs on delivering an efficient asylum process. [146671]
§ Mr. LammyIn the last 12 months the Lord Chancellor and then the Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor has had eight separate meetings which were scheduled to discuss asylum and 15 separate meetings which were scheduled to discuss reform of the criminal justice system with the Home Secretary. They will also have discussed these issues in the context of other meetings.
The Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor and I work closely with the Secretary of State for Home Affairs on asylum issues and meet regularly.
§ Mr. MalinsTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many asylum appeals were considered by(a) the Court of Appeal and (b) the House of Lords in each of the past two years; and how many such appeals succeeded. [143359]
§ Mr. LammyDuring the two-year period between 1 December 2001 and 30 November 2003, the Court of Appeal Civil Division made decisions in 248 appeals836W which were classified as relating to Immigration and Asylum matters. Five of these appeals were brought by the Secretary of State.
Of these, 64 were allowed by the court, two of which were brought by the Secretary Of State.
These figures do not include applications for permission to appeal.
We have no information on how many asylum appeals are considered by the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords.