HC Deb 29 June 1999 vol 334 cc128-9W
34. Fiona Mactaggart

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what forecast he has made of the average time taken to hear immigration appeals in(a) 2000 and (b) 2001. [87549]

Mr. Vaz

The IAA aim to maintain the current waiting times of six weeks to an initial hearing and a further six weeks to the substantive hearing, throughout 2000 and 2001, assuming that the number of cases does not go beyond the numbers forecast by the Home Office.