Entry Clearance (Hansard, 13 May 2003)

§ Beverley Hughes

Information on the number of decisions to refuse entry that have been overturned by the Home Office in each of the last three years is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost by examination of individual case files. The available information relating to appeals determined by the Immigration Appellate Authority (IAA) is given in the following table and shows that most appeals are dismissed.

Outcome of appeals to Immigration adjudicators, by broad category, 1999–2001¹ United Kingdom—Number of principal application
		Outcome
Appeal category	Total dealt with	Allowed	Dismissed	²Withdrawn
All appeals
1999³	28,610	7,630	17,350	3,630
2000³	27,130	5,960	20,040	1,120
2001^1,3	56,815	13,335	42,160	1,320
Refusal of entry clearance⁴
1999³	5,800	2,070	3,280	450
2000³	6,650	2,360	3,690	600
2001^1,3	10,755	4,415	5,910	430
Refusal of Asylum
1999³	19,460	5,280	11,130	3,050
2000³	19,400	3,340	15,580	480
2001^1,3	43,415	8,155	34,440	825
2002^1,3	64,405	13,875	48,845	1,685
Other non-asylum⁵
1999³	3,350	280	2,940	130
2000³	1,080	260	770	40
2001^1,3	2,640	765	1,810	65
¹ Figures rounded to the nearest 10 except figures for 2001 and 2002 which are rounded to the nearest five.
² Includes cases where the appellant withdrew the appeal because the Home Office had conceded the case, as well those where the appellant decided not to pursue the appeal further.
³ Figures are estimates based on data supplied from the Lord Chancellor's Department and the Presenting Officers Unit in the Home Office.
⁴ Including refusal of certificate of entitlement.
⁵ After-entry into United Kingdom.

Information on non-asylum appeals are published regularly in the Command Paper Control of Immigration Statistics, a copy of which is available in the Library. It is planned that information relating to non-asylum appeal determined in 2002 will be published at the end of November 2003.