§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 2 July about cases heard by the immigration appeals tribunal, how many of the appeals were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful in each year since 1979; and whether he has any information as to the number of people involved in each category in each year.
§ Mr. WaddingtonExcluding withdrawn appeals and ones in which the tribunal had no jurisdiction, the information, obtained from the appellate authorities, is as follows:
Allowed Dismissed 1979 86 196 1980 105 195 1981 102 318 1982 133 267 1983 227 304 Each appeal relates to one person only and—although the tribunal may have several related appeals at the same time, for example, in a family case—the number of people involved is therefore the same as the number of appeals.