HC Deb 01 May 2002 vol 384 cc827-8W
Mr. Tynan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what process there is to enable monitoring to take place concerning the speed and methods of transit of appeal bundle files from UK missions overseas to their initial destinations at the Appeals Support Service in this country; and what period of time it should take for an appeal bundle to reach the Immigration Appellate Authority for consideration from the date of initial recording with the Appeals Support Service. [48862]

Angela Eagle

The target time for despatch of explanatory statements from entry clearance posts to the Home Office is one month from receipt of the notice of appeal for non-settlement applications and three months for settlement applications. Information on the actual time for despatch is not available.

There is no target governing the period between the receipt of an appeal bundle in the Home Office and its receipt in the Immigration Appellate Authority.