§ 38. Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Attorney-General if he has any plans to shorten waiting times for a hearing for immigration appeals.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe Lord Chancellor's Department has recruited additional staff and part-time adjudicators for the immigration appellate authorities (IAA) to cope with the large number of appeals. Streamlined procedures have been introduced for the initial collation of case papers with the aim of dispatching them to the parties' representatives in this country within two weeks of their receipt. This is a significant improvement on the previous position of eight to 12 weeks and has helped to reduce the time taken for cases to be determined.
274WA multi-terminal case-tracking computer system will also be operational by January 1992. This will enable the IAA to monitor more accurately and frequently the progress of appeals.