Immigration and Asylum Appeals

HC Deb 30 March 2001 vol 365 cc787-8W

Mr. Lidington

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if she will list the average time taken between the receipt of(a) an asylum appeal and (b) an immigration appeal to the Independent Appellate Authority and an appeal decision, for the latest period for which figures are available. [156261]

Jane Kennedy

The average time taken by the Immigration Appellate Authority, from receipt to determination in the period 1 April 2000 to 28 February 2001, is 21.2 weeks for an asylum appeal and 28.6 weeks for an immigration appeal.

Mr. Lidington

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what the average annual cost is of employing(a) a full-time adjudicator and (b) a part-time adjudicator to hear immigration and asylum appeals. [156262]

Jane Kennedy

The average annual direct cost of an adjudicator, with effect from 1 April 2001, will be £106,201. The fee for a part-time adjudicator is calculated on a pro rata basis from the annual salary cost of a full-time adjudicator. The average cost is therefore identical.