§ Mr. MalinsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum appeals determined by adjudicators in the second quarter of 2003 were dismissed; and how many of those whose appeals were dismissed have been removed from the UK. [140572]
§ Beverley Hughes[holding answer 1 December 2003]: The available information requested is given in the following table and relates to appeals determined at the Immigration Appellate Authority. Some applicants whose appeal is dismissed may still be awaiting the outcome of further appeals—some appellants apply for 501W leave to appeal to the Tribunal, and a proportion of these are granted leave followed by determinations by the Tribunal. Data on the number who have been removed after their appeals rights have been exhausted is only available at a disproportionate cost by examination of individual case files.
Asylum appeals determined by adjudicators of the Immigration appellate authority, excluding dependants1,2 Number of principal appellants appeals determined by adjudicators Allowed3 Dismissed3 withdrawn3 Total determined4 Total As percentage of total determined Total As percentage of total determined Total As percentage of total determined 2002 Q1 14,010 3,165 23 10,500 75 340 2 Q2 15,525 3,450 22 11,715 75 360 2 03 18,260 3,935 22 13,825 76 495 3 Q4 16,615 3,320 20 12,805 77 490 3 2002 total 64,405 13,875 22 48,845 76 1,685 3 2003 01 20,595 3,480 17 16,445 80 670 3 Q2 19,345 4,060 21 14,875 77 415 2 Q3 21,500 4,270 20 16,805 78 420 2 Most recent three months July 8,195 1,655 20 6,375 78 165 2 August 6,740 1,320 20 5,275 78 145 2 September 6,565 1,295 20 5,155 79 110 2 1 Figures (other than percentages) rounded to the nearest five. Numbers might not add up due to rounding. 2 Data for 2002 and 2003 are provisional. 3 Based on data supplied from the Presenting Officers Unit within the Home Office. 4 Based on information supplied by the Department for Constitutional Affairs. Determinations do not necessarily relate to appeals received in the same period.