Immigration (Hansard, 23 November 1990)

§ Mr. Vaz
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the backlog of immigration cases in each category for October.

§ Mr. Peter Lloyd
The number of outstanding cases relates to casework in B1 division in the immigration and nationality department and is as follows:

Outstanding Cases—October

Number

General Immigration Casework¹² 20,910

Asylum and Related Casework¹³ 29,936

¹ Does not include applications received in the Department but which await allocation to caseworkers.

² Includes referred entry clearance applications, and enquiries submitted by letter, as well as variation of leave cases. Includes both general and Eastern European casework (the latter was absorbed into general casework in July 1990).

³ These figures are a total of all work outstanding in the Refugee Unit.

§ Mr. Vaz
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State has visited(a) Lunar house and (b) the Liverpool passport office.

§ Mr. Peter Lloyd
I have paid three visits to Lunar house and one to Liverpool passport office since November 1989.

§ Mr. Vaz
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many passports are held at(a) Lunar house and (b) the Liverpool passport office.

§ Mr. Peter Lloyd
I regret that the information requested is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Outstanding Cases—October
	Number
General Immigration Casework¹²	20,910
Asylum and Related Casework¹³	29,936
¹ Does not include applications received in the Department but which await allocation to caseworkers.
² Includes referred entry clearance applications, and enquiries submitted by letter, as well as variation of leave cases. Includes both general and Eastern European casework (the latter was absorbed into general casework in July 1990).
³ These figures are a total of all work outstanding in the Refugee Unit.