§ John ThursoTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, in the case of the appeal lodged by Sonja Ojerholm against the refusal of permanent settlement in the UK, he will state the date on which the first copy of the appeal papers was dispatched by the British Consulate General in Los Angeles and received by his Department, the date on which the second copy of the appeal papers was dispatched by the British Consulate and received by his Department and the date his Department submitted the explanatory statement to the Appellate Authority. [44231]
§ Angela Eagle[holding answer 18 March 2002]:The appeal papers were first dispatched by the British Consulate in Los Angeles on 7 September 2001. These papers were received by the Home Office on 6 November 2001, but were misfiled. A second copy of the appeal papers was faxed by the British Consulate on 14 January 2002. The case is now awaiting the production of an explanatory statement.