§ Mr. MalinsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average time taken between the receipt of asylum appeals by his Department and the final appeal decision in(a) all cases, (b) the cases of single asylum seekers and (c) family cases was in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [29724]
§ Angela EagleFor the 12 month period ending 30 September 2001 data from the Immigration Appellate Authority (IAA), for those cases where data are available, indicates that the average time taken from receipt of an asylum appeal by the Home office to final determination through both tiers of the IAA is:
- (a) 26 weeks for all asylum appeals;
- (b) 25 weeks for non-family cases (the IAA do not hold data on single asylum seekers separately);
- (c) 27 weeks for family cases.
§ Mr. MalinsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average time taken was from lodging an asylum appeal with the Home Office to the final decision in each year since 1998. [29818]
§ Angela EagleFor the 12-month period ending 30 September 2001, data from the Immigration Appellate Authority (IAA), for those cases where data are available, indicates that the average time taken from receipt of an asylum appeal by the Home Office to final determination through both tiers of the IAA, is 26 weeks.
Data are not available for the earlier periods.