§ Mr. Edward DaveyTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many immigration adjudicators are currently employed by his Department; how many have been employed in each of the last five years; how many cases have been dealt with in each year; and what have been the administrative costs in each year. [36320]
§ Mr. HoonThe number of adjudicators (in addition to the Chief Adjudicator and Deputy Adjudicator) is currently:
- 33 Adjudicators (full-time)
- 161 Adjudicators (part-time).
Information is not available on a year by year basis and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
The overall adjudicator disposals (including asylum and non-asylum appeals) for the past 5 financial years are:
- 1993/94: 27,580
- 1994/95: 26,770
- 1995/96: 21,282
- 1996/97: 29,182
- 1997/98: 136,279
- 1 projected figure.
I am unable to provide administrative costs for the immigration adjudicators alone but can provide the following information for the Immigration Appellate Authority as a whole:
- 1994/95: £6,965,344
- 1995/96: £8,404,699
- 1996/97: £11,388,311
- 1997/98: 1£12,513,282.
- 1 projected figure.
Information for 1993/4 is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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