§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what monitoring he is carrying out to ensure that a different entry clearance officer is examining second applications for visitors' visas after a refusal of the first application; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydFollowing enactment of the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 instructions have been issued to our posts overseas that, wherever possible, a different ECO should examine re-applications from people previously refused.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many individuals have put in a second application for a visitors' visa having had the first one rejected since the coming into force of the abolition of the right of appeal contained in the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993.
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§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThese figures are not available centrally. The information requested could not be provided except at disproportionate cost.