§ Mr. VazTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will make a statement about the purpose of the new expenses forms for part-time adjudicators for the immigration tribunals.
Mr. John M. TaylorThe expense forms relate to the payment of fees for judicial employment. The use of forms to claim and monitor expenses is standard departmental practice and is not new.
The latest versions of these forms were introduced as part of a revised system for the payment of fees. This commenced on 5 April 1994 following a general review of accounting procedures. The earlier system had been set up when the workload of the Immigration Appellate Authorities—IAA—was smaller than now, and when part-time adjudicators were deployed less frequently. The revised system was set up to facilitate monitoring of expenses by the IAA's administration following a reversal of these trends.
§ Mr. VazTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many representations he has had concerning the new expenses forms for part-time adjudicators for the immigration tribunals.
Mr. John M. TaylorI have not received any representations concerning the new forms for payment of fees to part-time adjudicators.