§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases were heard by Immigration Appellate Authority adjudicators in the last 12 months; and in how many cases an appeal was taken to the Immigration Appeals Tribunal. [143269]
§ Beverley HughesThe number of cases heard by Immigration Appellate Authority adjudicators, for the latest 12-month period for which data are available, are given in the following table. Information on the number of those cases that were taken to the Immigration Appeals Tribunal following successful applications for leave to appeal to the Tribunal are not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost by examination of individual case files.
Statistics on the number of asylum appeals heard by the Immigration Appellate Authority are published quarterly. The most recent publication covering the third quarter of 2003 is now available from the Library of the House or on the Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate website at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration l.html.
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Asylum Appeals determined by adjudicators of the Immigration Appellate Authority, excluding dependants1 Number of principal appellants Appeals determined by adjudicators Allowed2 Dismissed2 Withdrawn2 Appeals received by the Home Office 3,4 Appeals received by the IAA 5 Total determined 4 Total As %of total determined Total As % of total determined Total As % of total determined March 25,200 6,045 6,840 1,235 18 5,405 79 200 3 April 23,700 5,825 7,010 1,445 21 5,455 78 110 2 May 23,400 6,025 6,035 1,265 21 4,655 77 115 2 June 23,600 5,985 6,300 1,345 21 4,765 76 190 3 July 24,100 6,005 8,195 1,655 20 6,375 78 165 2 August 23,000 6,080 6,740 1,320 20 5,275 78 145 2 September 23,700 6,240 6,565 1,295 20 5,155 79 110 2 Total 246,485 70,920 78,050 15,130 19 60,930 78 1,995 3 1 Provisional figures rounded to the nearest five (other than percentages). Numbers might not add up due to rounding. 2 Based on data supplied from the Presenting Officers Unit within the Home Office. 3 Data are based on manual counts of data received in Appeals Support Section (ASS) of the Home Office. Some cases are received elsewhere in the Home Office before being forwarded to ASS and so may be counted in a later month than when they arrived in the Home Office. 4 Estimate. Figures rounded to the nearest hundred, and subject to later revision. 5 Based on information supplied by the Lord Chancellor's Department. Determinations do not necessarily relate to appeals received in the same period.