§ Miss Richardsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for bail were made to an adjudicator or the Immigration Appeal Tribunal in the third and fourth quarters of 1979; and how many such applications were successful.
§ Mr. RaisonThe only readily available figures relate to bail applications made to adjudicators at the appeals centre at Harmondsworth. I regret that comprehensive figures could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The Harmondsworth figures are as follows:
Number of applications for bail Number of cases in which bail granted 1979— 3rd quarter 8 7 4th quarter 7 6 Note: The number of applications heard is not necessarily equal to the number of persons applying for bail since one person may make more than one application.
§ Miss Richardsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the present average delay in the hearing of an appeal under the Immigration Act 1971 (a) before an adjudicator and (b) before the immigration appeal tribunal on appeal from an adjudicator; and if he will give a breakdown of the delays at the different appeal centres.
§ Mr. RaisonThere have been no significant changes since the reply I gave to a question by the hon. Member on 24 July.—[Vol. 971, c. 105–6.]