HC Deb 03 May 1995 vol 259 cc206-7W
Mr. Gerrard

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department in the last year for which figures are available, of all immigration—non-asylum—appeals which were refused, how many were given leave to appeal to the immigration appeal tribunal; and of these(a) how many were allowed by the immigration appeal tribunal and (b) how many were remitted for a further hearing before an adjudicator. [21281]

Mr. John M. Taylor

In 1994, 977 applications for leave to appeal were granted; of these 253 appeals were allowed and 418 were remitted for a fresh hearing before an adjudicator.

Mr. Gerrard

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many substantive immigration appeals were(a) heard and (b) allowed in each of the hearing centres in the United Kingdom in the last year for which figures are available in each of the following categories: (i) spouses, (ii) fiancé(s), (iii) children, (iv) dependant relatives other than children and (v) long-term students. [21282]

Mr. John M. Taylor

(a) The number of substantive appeals heard in each of the hearing centres in 1994 is set out in the following table. The immigration appellate authorities do not hold figures for the categories referred to.

Hearing centre Appeals heard at an oral hearing Appeals determined on the papers
Thanet House, London 5,700 3,283
Hatton Cross, Middlesex, Cardiff and Belfast 4,428 2,058
Birmingham 2,360 1,440
Manchester 1,782 619
Leeds 1,357 513
Glasgow 391 89

(b) In 1994, 3,657 appeals were allowed. The number of appeals allowed was as follows for each of the following categories:

(i) Husbands 568
(ii) Wives/Children/Other Dependant Relatives 479
(iii) Fiancés 86
(iv) Fiancées 31
(v) Long-term students Figures not available

Figures are not available to provide a breakdown of appeals by individual hearing centre.

Mr. Gerrard

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department in the last year for which figures are available, how many listed immigration appeals were adjourned(a) once and (b) more than once; how many adjournments were granted at the request of the applicant; and how many on the notice of the court. [21280]

Mr. John M. Taylor

The immigration appellate authorities do not maintain a separate record of those cases which have been adjourned and the information sought could be obtained only at disproportionate cost, by going through the individual records for all cases heard during the year.