§ Ms Oona KingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for asylum in the UK have been rejected on non-compliance grounds in each of the last three years; and how many of those claims have subsequently been given substantive consideration(a) prior to an appeal hearing and (b) following a successful appeal. [151625]
§ Mrs. RocheThe available information on the number of non-compliance decisions is given in the table.
Statistical information for each of the last three years on the consideration of non-compliance cases following an initial decision but before appeal is not held centrally and would therefore only be available through examination of case records at a disproportionate cost.
216WWe have not generally reconsidered claims following a successful appeal, although it is open to the Department to challenge the outcome of an appeal through the tribunal.
Non-compliance refusals (under paragraph 340 of the immigration rules and paragraph 180F prior to October 1994) are for failure to provide evidence to support the asylum claim, including non-attendance at a substantive interview within a reasonable period. From November 1991, these include refusals for failure to respond to invitations to interview to establish identity under the measures introduced then.
Refusals of asylum on non-compliance grounds in the United Kingdom, excluding dependants, 1998 to 20001, 2 Refused on non-compliance grounds Year Number of decisions Cases under normal procedures Cases under backlog criteria3 1998 31,570 2,995 5— 19994 33,720 1,085 1,275 20004 110,065 26,630 1,335 1 Information is for initial decision, excluding the outcome of appeals or other subsequent decisions. 2 Figures rounded to the nearest 5. 3 Includes cases decided under measures announced in the White Paper. 4 Provisional figures. 5 Nil.