§ LORD BROCKWAYasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many applications have been made since July, 1970, to the appellate
Place of hearing Commonwealth citizens Aliens Allowed Dismissed Total Allowed Dismissed Total Central London 33 70 103 2 21 23 Birmingham 16 22 38 — 1 1 Manchester 7 6 13 — 1 1 Leeds 31 29 60 — — — Total 87 127 214 2 23 25 During the same period one appeal was heard at Leicester and dismissed. Most of the appeals from Commonwealth citizens so far heard relate to the refusal of entry certificates. In addition, 38 appeals were heard at London Airport, Gatwick, Dover, Harwich and Southampton
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Appeal to Tribunal Appellant before the adjudicator Allowed Dismissed Withdrawn To be heard Commonwealth citizen … 1 16 19 5 Alien … 1 4 — 1 authorities by aliens and Commonwealth immigrants respectively; how many have been heard in each case by the adjudicators at London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds; how many in each case have been referred to the tribunals; and how many of the appeals in each case have been successful.
§ THE MINISTER OF STATE, HOME OFFICE (LORD WINDLESHAM)From July 1 to October 5, 1970, the appellate authorities received 232 appeals from Commonwealth citizens (of which 11 were later withdrawn) and 65 from aliens (of which 8 were later withdrawn). The number of appeals disposed of by adjudicators at London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds during this period was as follows:
against decisions by the Immigration Service and all were dismissed.
During the same period the number of cases in which a further appeal was brought to the Immigration Appeal Tribunal against an adjudicator's decision was as follows:
House adjourned at six minutes before seven o'clock.