§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what steps he proposes to take to reduce the period of time between receipt of notices of appeal from people removed from the country and the forwarding of explanatory statements about their removal to the appellate authority;
(2) if he will give for each year since 1979 the minimum delay time and the maximum delay time between the receipt of notices of appeal from people removed from the country and the forwarding of explanatory statements about their removal to the appellate authority;
(3) if he will give for each year since 1979 the total number of immigration officers employed to prepare explanatory statements about removals and the total number of notices of appeal against removal received;
(4) when he expects that an explanatory statement in respect of the removal of Mr. Asaddar Ali, HO Ref. A371529, will be forwarded to the appellate authority.
§ Mr. Renton[holding answer 23 May 1988]: The explanatory statement in respect of the removal of Mr. Asaddar Ali was forwarded to the appellate authority on 23 May. I regret the delay in doing so. Procedural checks have been introduced to ensure that all appeals from 586W abroad against removal are dealt with as quickly as possible. The rest of the information requested is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.