§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many asylum appeal cases awaiting a decision there were at 31 December(a) 1996, (b) 1997, (c) 1998, (d) 1999 and (e) at the end of each month in 2000. [142780]
§ Jane KennedyAsylum appeals outstanding at Adjudicator level on each of the dates specified were as follows
(a) 31 December 1996–20,455(b) 31 December 1997–22,482(c) 31 December 1998–12,602(d) 31 December 1999–4,327(e) 31 January 2000–3,82529 February 2000–3,58131 March 2000–3,80530 April 2000–4,35431 May 2000–5,04830 June 2000–6,95731 July 2000–9,89431 August 2000–11,85330 September 2000–13,23331 October 2000–14,21630 November 2000–14,641.These figures represent all cases within the system at the relevant points in time. The increase in cases in the system over the last few months reflects the higher throughput of cases as the capacity of the Appeals system has increased significantly.
Asylum appeals outstanding at Tribunal level on each of the dates specified were as follows:
(c) 31 December 1996–207(d) 31 December 1997–1,018(c) 31 December 1998–1,703(d) 31 December 1999–2,050(e) 31 January 2000–1,99629 February 2000–1,72531 March 2000–95030 April 2000–75531 May 2000–57630 June 2000–49231 July 2000–47131 August 2000–42430 September 2000–40131 October 2000–43230 November 2000–491.Once again these figures represent all cases within the system at the relevant points in time.