§ Mr. DjanoglyTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many of the appeals in asylum cases for which legal aid had been provided failed in each year since 1997; and for what reasons. [185610]
§ Mr. LammyInformation on asylum appeal outcomes from 1997 is published in the Home Office annual statistical bulletin Asylum Statistics United Kingdom. Copies are available in the Library of the House. Information on asylum appeal outcomes since 2002 is published quarterly.
Before January 2000 public funding was not available for representation at immigration and asylum appeals. We are currently establishing systems to record how many of the applications funded by legal aid are successful. The reasons for the dismissal of an appeal are not recorded centrally.