§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish an updated version of the figures provided in the Annex to the White Paper "Fairer, Faster and Firmer" showing in respect of each indicator(a) the actual out-turn for 1998–99 and (b) the projected out-turn for 1999–00. [107780]
§ Mrs. RocheThe information requested is in the table:
Actual Out-turn 1998–99 Projected Out-turn 1999–2000 Immigration and Nationality Directorate Budget £209m 1c.£800m Passengers arriving 85m 89.1m Asylum decisions 27,000 2c.38.000 After Entry Decisions 180,000 200,000 Removals of failed Asylum Seekers 7,070 8,400 Nationality Decisions 58,300 60,000 Cost of Immigration Appellate Authority £14m £16.7m Appeals disposals 339,700 322,100 Cost of Entry Clearance Operation £67.6m 4— Visa/Entry Clearance Applications 1.5m (1998) 4— Asylum Seekers Support £470m 5— 11999–2000 budget includes estimated asylum support costs and costs of administration of support. Asylum support costs depend on numbers of new asylum claims and other variables. 2 About 250 new asylum decision makers will complete training by March 2000 and will substantially increase the numbers of decisions made each week, but it is not possible to estimate output precisely. 3 Adjudicator appeals only 4Not available 5 Included above
§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many after-entry, non-asylum decisions have been taken since 31 March 1999. [107776]
§ Mrs. RocheThe number of after-entry non-asylum decisions, excluding those in respect of European Economic Area cases, taken in the period April to December 1999 was 174,000. This included cases dealt with by the Public Caller Unit which did not involve a decision such as return of passports, and the transfer of conditions from old to a new passport.
§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions since 31 March 1999 non-EEA passengers have had to wait for more than 30 minutes at Immigration control. [107768]
§ Mrs. RocheBetween 1 April 1999 and 31 December 1999, there were 2,148 occasions when non-European Economic Area passengers had to wait for more than 30 minutes at the Immigration control.
§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many non-asylum offenders have been removed since 31 March 1999. [107775]
§ Mrs. RocheThe number of non-asylum immigration offenders removed from the United Kingdom between 1 April 1999 and 31 December 1999 was 2,800. This figure is provisional.
§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the unit cost of after-entry asylum, nationality and enforcement casework in 437W (a) 1997–98, (b) 1998–99 and (c) currently; and if he will express these figures in both cash and real terms. [107765]
§ Mrs. RocheThe information requested is in the table:
Unit cost of casework £ After entry Asylum Nationality Enforcement (illegal entry) (a) 1997–98 Cash 51.62 368.73 61.86 670.27 Real terms 54.24 387.40 65.00 704.20 (b) 1998–99 Cash 55.49 396.36 66.50 720.49 Real terms 56.88 406.27 68.16 738.51 (c) 1999–2000 Cash/real terms 53.70 383.58 64.36 697.26 The unit costs of the different types of case have been derived by applying weightings to the basic unit cost of weighted output. As such they are an approximation. The unit costs exclude some overheads and also any productivity-related payments that may be due to Siemens Business Services, Immigration and Nationality Directorate's Private Finance Initiative partner. Unit costs have been stated in cash terms and at 1999–2000 prices.
§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the unit cost of immigration port checks in both cash and real terms in(a) 1997–98, (b) 1998–99 and (c) currently. [107766]
§ Mrs. RocheThe information requested for 1998–99 and 1999–2000 is set out in the table. Comparative figures are not available for 1997–98.
£ Real terms Cash terms 1998–99 Comparative baseline 5.68 5.68 1999–2000 Target (Home Office Business Plan) 5.43 5.55 Latest forecast 5.27 5.39
§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what percentage of detailed non-asylum immigration examinations have culminated in refusal during the financial year 1997–2000; [107769]
(2) what percentage of non-asylum immigration referrals have culminated in refusals in the financial year 1999–2000 to date; [107770]
§ Mrs. RocheThe available information relates to the percentage of detailed examinations in non-asylum cases carried out at ports which resulted in the passenger being refused leave to enter. This was 63 per cent. over the period April to December 1999.
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§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of appealed immigration and asylum decisions have been upheld by the appeal authorities during the financial year 1999–2000 to date. [107771]
§ Mrs. RocheThe available information is given in the table.
Outcome of Adjudicator and Tribunal appeals1 Percentage Allowed Dismissed Withdrawn Adjudicator appeals2 22 74 4 Tribunal (appeal lodged by the appellant)3 12 61 27 Tribunal (appeal lodged by the Secretary of State)3 34 65 1 1 Provisional figures 2 Covers the period October to December 1999 3 Covers the period November to December 1999