§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases with the Appeals Section have not been despatched to the IAT. [50703]
§ Angela EagleAppeals to the Immigration Appeals Tribunal (IAT) are lodged directly with the IAT and not with the Appeals Support Section of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND).
There are, however, an estimated 48,000 appeals lodged with IND that have not yet been sent to the Immigration Appellate Authority. The majority of these are asylum appeals.