HC Deb 28 July 1989 vol 157 cc1024-5W
Mr. Darling

To ask the Attorney-General if he will publish a table of the number of appeals to the immigration appeal tribunal allowed and dismissed in 1988 and the first quarter of 1989.

The Solicitor-General

The information requested is as follows

Allowed Remitted for re-hearing before an Immigration Adjudicator Dismissed
Appeals heard in 1988 266 308 378
Appeals heard January-March 1989 55 27 67

Mr. Darling

To ask the Attorney-General if he will publish a table showing the number of appeals to immigration adjudicators allowed and dismissed in 1988 and the first quarter of 1989; broken down according to the nationality of the appellant and the type of decision appealed against.

The Attorney-General

The information requested is set out in the tables.

1 January to 31 March 1989
India Pakistan Bangladesh EEC All other countries
Appeal categories Allowed Dismissed Allowed Dismissed Allowed Dismissed Allowed Dismissed Allowed Dismissed
1. Exclusion—Appeal at port 1 1 4 11 5 13 0 0 3 21
2. Exclusion—External appeals 0 2 0 2 1 4 1 3 24 183
3. Refusal of Certificate Entitlement 0 5 0 0 10 6 0 0 2 8
4. Refusal of Entry Clearance for temporary purposes (not husbands, wives, fiances or fiancees) 110 154 75 154 10 28 0 0 57 126
5. Refusal of Entry Clearance for employment, business or independent means (not husbands, wives, nances or fiancees) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6. Refusal of Entry Clerance requested by wives and children, other dependent relatives and returning residents 5 14 51 32 185 134 0 0 4 34
7. Refusal of Entry Clearance requested by female fiancees 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
8. Refusal of Entry Clearance requested by husbands 20 27 17 37 1 6 0 0 5 3
9. Refusal of Entry Clearance requested by male fiances 29 35 51 55 1 0 0 0 3 0
10. Variation of Landing Conditions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 13
11. Refusal to vary leave to enter 4 54 1 45 0 10 0 3 30 294
12. Decision to make deportation order 5 12 1 8 0 11 0 0 14 91
13. Refusal to revoke deportation order 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5
14. Giving of removal directions 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11
15. Destination only appeal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 177 307 200 346 213 213 1 6 153 795

1 January to 31 December 1988
India Pakistan Bangladesh EEC All other countries
Appeal categories Allowed Dismissed Allowed Dismissed Allowed Dismissed Allowed Dismissed Allowed Dismissed
1. Exclusion—Appeal at port 0 14 1 19 82 43 0 0 14 111
2. Exclusion—External appeals 1 13 4 15 1 17 0 7 35 547
3. Refusal of Certificate Entitlement 4 10 1 2 21 16 0 3 3 22
4. Refusal of Entry Clearance for temporary purposes (not husbands, wives, fiances or fiancees) 97 206 132 292 50 164 0 0 264 664
5. Refusal of Entry Clearance for employment, business or independent means (not husbands, wives, fiances or fiancees) 6 32 0 2 0 3 1 0 5 28
6. Refusal of Entry Clearance requested by wives and children, other dependent relatives and returning residents 14 65 128 178 690 639 0 0 48 139
7. Refusal of Entry Clearance requested by female fiancees 6 9 0 6 7 9 0 0 3 9
8. Refusal of Entry Clearance requested by husbands 48 78 56 74 10 18 0 0 9 13
9. Refusal of Entry Clearance requested by male fiances 65 118 125 150 12 15 0 0 2 9
10. Variation of Landing Conditions 0 2 0 4 0 5 0 0 10 55
11. Refusal to vary leave to enter 33 169 18 120 20 59 0 5 132 1,118
12. Decision to make deportation order 4 41 2 36 0 13 0 0 51 297
13. Refusal to revoke deportation order 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 9 12
14. Giving of removal directions 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 28
15. Destination only appeal 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Total 279 757 467 903 893 1,003 1 16 585 3,054