§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many tribunal hearings there are each year of cases of immigrants wishing to stay in the United Kingdom; how many tribunals find in favour of the immigrant and how many find against the immigrant; how many immigrants apply for leave of appeal; how many such applications are granted and how many appeals are upheld; how often his Department applies for leave to appeal and how many such applications are granted; and how many appeals are upheld.
§ Mr. RaisonThe information is not readily available in the precise form requested. The following tables show the total number of appeals of all kinds disposed of in each year since 1970 by adjudicators and the immigration appeal tribunal. Not all of these will have involved hearings.
The table of appeals to adjudicators relates to the number of appeals by individuals, whereas the tables of appeals to the tribunal relate to the number of cases disposed of (where one case can involve more than one appeal).
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APPEALS TO ADJUDICATORS Year Total disposals Allowed Dismissed Withdrawn No jurisdiction 1970 350 51 293 6 — 1971 2,443 461 1,688 294 —
Year Total disposals Allowed Dismissed Withdrawn No jurisdiction 1972 4,114 704 2,610 800 — 1973 5,292 751 3,652 869 20 1974 7,666 934 4,634 2,085 13 1975 10,937 1,302 6,327 3,291 17 1976 12,412 1,297 7,131 3,302 682 1977 11,671 1,273 7,098 2,557 743 1978 11,455 1,355 7,569 2,357 174 1979 13,176 1,566 8,437 3,106 67
IMMIGRATION APPEAL TRIBUNAL Appeals by immigrants (appeals at first instance or against adjudicators' decisions) Year Total disposals Allowed Dismissed Withdrawn No jurisdiction 1970–71 117 32 74 11 — 1972 166 46 96 24 — 1973 152 30 93 25 4 1974 203 46 105 50 2 1975 190 34 79 73 4 1976 603 98 333 140 32 1977 257 39 151 51 16 1978 342 37 207 91 7 1979 311 46 171 83 11
IMMIGRATION APPEAL TRIBUNAL Appeals by Home Office against adjudicators' decisions Year Total disposals Allowed Dismissed Withdrawn No jurisdiction 1970–71 41 19 16 6 — 1972 52 21 23 8 — 1973 41 18 19 4 — 1974 44 24 8 12 — 1975 58 22 9 27 — 1976 136 56 31 47 2 1977 70 40 15 15 — 1978 95 49 24 20 2 1979 74 40 25 7 2 About 1,525 applications for leave to appeal to the tribunal were made to the tribunal in 1975, and about 1,600 in 1976. I regret that further information about applications for leave to appeal is not available.