§ Mr. DarlingTo ask the Attorney-General what is the average delay between the hearing of an immigration appeal by an adjudicator and the dispatch of the determination to the appellant or his or her authorised representative, listed by each immigration appeals hearing centre.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe immigration appellate authorities do not record detailed statistics on the average delay at each hearing centre between the hearing of an immigration appeal by an adjudicator and the dispatch of the determination to the appellant or his or her authorised representative. However, it is possible to provide the following estimates:
Weeks Thanet House, London 4–7 Harmondsworth1 4–8 Birmingham 4–8 Leeds2 4–5 Manchester 4–7 1 Includes Cardiff and Belfast. 2 Includes Glasgow and Edinburgh. 760W
1990 January to March 1991 Type of decision Appeals allowed Appeals dismissed Appeals allowed Appeals dismissed Exclusion—Appeal at Port 29 174 2 77 Exclusion—External Appeals 57 997 24 460 Refusal of Certificate Entitlement 37 152 15 72 Refusal of Entry Clearance for Temporary purposes (NOT HUSBANDS or WIVES or FIANCES or FIANCEES) 1,100 3,544 324 1,593 Refusal of Entry Clearance for Employment, Business or Independent Means (NOT HUSBANDS, WIVES, FIANCES or FIANCEES) 9 18 5 19 Refusal of Entry Clearance requested by WIVES and CHILDREN, other dependent relatives and returning residents. 611 829 110 285 Refusal of Entry Clearance requested by female fiancees 10 31 5 2 Refusal of Entry Clearance requested by husbands 530 835 128 333 Refusal of Entry Clearance requested by male fiances 293 468 82 150
§ Mr. DarlingTo ask the Attorney-General what is the average delay, listed by each immigration appeals hearing centre, between receiving the explanatory statement and other papers about a case(a) from a British post overseas and (b) from the Home Office sending these papers out to the appellant or his or her authorised representative.
§ The Attorney-GeneralUpon receipt of an explanatory statement and other papers about an appeal from a British post overseas the immigration appellate authorities are able to dispatch copies of the case papers to the parties' representative in this country within one week for cases to be heard at Thanet house in London and two to three weeks for cases to be heard at the IAA's regional hearing centres.
In Home Office cases, copies of the case papers are sent to the appellant or their representatives when the appeal is set down for hearing. For all the IAA's hearing centres, this is usually within four to five weeks of the IAA receiving the explanatory statement from the Home Office.
§ Mr. DarlingTo ask the Attorney-General if he will provide a table of the number of appeals to the immigration appeal tribunal allowed and dismissed in 1990 and the first quarter of 1991.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe information requested is set out in the table.
Allowed Remitted1 Dismissed Appeals heard 1990 171 225 260 Appeals heard January-March 1991 23 50 77 1 For re-hearing before an immigration adjudicator
§ Mr. DarlingTo ask the Attorney-General if he will provide a table showing the number of appeals to immigration adjudicators allowed and dismissed in 1990 and the first quarter of 1991 broken down according to the nationality of the appellant and the type of decision appealed against.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe information is not readily available in the form requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The number of appeals to immigration adjudicators allowed and dismissed in 1990 and the first quarter of 1991 broken down according to the type of decision appealed against is given in the table.
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1990 January to March 1991 Type of decision Appeals allowed Appeals dismissed Appeals allowed Appeals dismissed Variation of Landing Conditions (including curtailment of stay or duration or conditions of leave to remain given to persons previously exempted (S. 14(2)). 21 88 1 16 Refusal to Vary Leave to Enter 130 2,951 70 1,636 Decision to make Deportation Order 36 620 9 174 Refusal to revoke Deportation Order 4 17 0 5 Giving of Removal Directions 3 53 0 6 Destination Only Appeal 0 0 0 0 Total 2,870 10,777 775 4,828