§ Mr. LaxtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of asylum decisions
Initial decisions on applications received for asylum in the United Kingdom1 excluding dependants: 1999–2003 Cases considered under normal procedures3 Initial decisions2 Granted asylum Granted exceptional leave to remain Granted humanitarian protection Percentage4 Percentage4 Percentage4 Percentage4 1999 33,720 (100) 7,815 (36) 2,465 (12) n/a — 2000 109,205 (100) 10,375 (11) 11,495 (12) n/a — 20016 120,950 (100) 11,450 (9) 20,190 (17), n/a — 20027 83,540 (100) 8,270 (10) 20,135 (24) n/a — 20037 64,605 (100) 3,880 (6) 3,970 (6) 135 (0)
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Cases considered under normal procedures3 Backlog clearance exercise4 Granted discretionary leave Refused Granted asylum or exceptional leave to remain under bucklog criterial Refused under backlog criteria
5Percentage4 Percentage4 Percentage4 Percentage4 1999 n/a — 11,025 (52) 11,140 (90) 1,275 (10) 2000 n/a — 75,680 (78) 10,325 ('89) 1,335 (11) 20016 n/a — 89,310 (74) — — — — on average over the last five years were initially rejected and subsequently accepted on appeal; and what percentage of these appeals were accepted on (a) first, (b) second and (c) subsequent appeal. [161053]
§ Mr. BrowneThe information requested is not available on average over the last five years, and could be produced only at disproportionate cost by examination of individual case files.
However, a cohort analysis up to and including appeals at the IAA was carried out for asylum applications made in 2002. It is estimated that around four in ten (42 per cent.) of applications in 2002 resulted in the granting of asylum (101 per cent.) or of exceptional leave to remain (231 per cent.) or in appeals which were allowed by the IAA adjudicators (a further 10 per cent).
Based on cases where data are available, it is estimated that 77 per cent. of initial refusals of applications made in 2002 resulted in an appeal (i.e. 54 per cent. of applications in 2002 resulted in appeals), and that 10 per cent. of applications made in 2002 resulted in appeals allowed at the IAA.
Asylum cases are determined according to their individual merits. The rates of refusal at initial decision and at appeal change over time reflecting a variety of factors including the changing mix of applicant nationalities, and changing situations in source countries. Over the last five years the vast majority of appeals have been dismissed, at the Immigration Appellate Authority (IAA) and at the Immigration Appeal Tribunal (IAT).
Applications for leave to appeal to the IAT may be brought either by appellants or by the Secretary of State. The majority of applications for leave to appeal to the IAT are dismissed.
The latest available data on initial decisions and appeal outcomes and Judicial Reviews is given in the tables.
1 Figures may not sum due to rounding.
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Cases considered under normal procedures3 Backlog clearance exercise4 Granted discretionary leave Refused Granted asylum or exceptional leave to remain under backlog criterial Refused under backlog criteria5 Percentage4 Percentage4 Percentage4 Percentage4 20027 n/a — 55,130 (66) — — — — 20037 3,105 (5) 53,510 (83) — — — — 1 Figures rounded to the nearest 5. 2 Information is of initial decisions, excluding the outcome of appeals or other subsequent decisions. 3 Cases considered under normal procedures may include some cases decided under the backlog criteria. 4 Percentages for cases considered under normal procedures and those within the backlog clearance exercise are calculated separately. 5 Cases decided under measures aimed at reducing the pre 1996 asylum application backlog. 6 Revised figures. 7 Provisional figures n/a = Not applicable.
Asylum appeals determined by adjudicators of the Immigration Appellate Authority, excluding dependants: 1999 to 20031 Number of principal appellants Allowed3 Dismissed3 Withdrawn3 Total determined2 Total As percentage of total determined Total As percentage of total determined Total As percentage of total determined 1999 19,460 5,280 27 11,135 57 3,050 16 2000 19,395 3,340 17 15,580 80 475 2 2001 43,415 8,155 19 34,440 79 825 2 2002 64,405 13,875 22 48,845 76 1,685 3 2003 81,725 16,070 20 63,810 78 1,845 2 1 Figures, other than percentages, rounded to the nearest 5. Numbers might not add up due to rounding. 2 Based on information supplied by the Department for Constitutional Affairs. Determinations do not necessarily relate to appeals received in the same period. Appeals determined by the IAA may relate to initial decisions made in previous years. 4 Based on data supplied from the Presenting Officers Unit within the Home Office. Data for 2002 and 2003 are provisional.
Further appeals to the Tribunal, decisions, and the outcome of Tribunal hearings, excluding dependants: 1999 to 2002
1Number of principal appellants Applications for leave to appeal to the Tribunal2 Appeals to the Tribunal2 Applications Decisions Received Determined 1999 8,635 9,575 2,135 1,790 2000 6,020 5,490 1,615 2,635 2001 15,540 13,540 3,860 3,190 20024 25,600 22,825 6,920 5,565
Outcome of Tribunal Hearings3 Allowed Dismissed Withdrawn Remitted to adjudicators for further consideration 1999 n/a n/a n/a n/a 2000 815 1,385 220 215 2001 475 1,140 150 1,430 20024 620 2,015 225 2,700
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Outcome of Tribunal Hearings3 Number of principal appellants Appellant Secretary of State Allowed Dismissed Withdrawn Allowed Dismissed Withdrawn 1999 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 2000 650 1,225 185 170 165 35 2001 315 1,020 125 160 120 25 20024 410 1,880 210 215 130 15 1 Figures rounded to the nearest 5. Numbers might not add up due to rounding.
2 Figures based on data supplied by the Department for Constitutional Affairs. Decisions and determinations do not necessarily correspond to applications and appeals received in any given year. Appeals determined by the I AT may relate to cases determined at the IAA made in previous years
3 Figures supplied by the Presenting Officers Unit. Figures for October-December 1999 are based on data for November-December.
4 Provisional figures.
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Applications for Judicial Review, and outcomes, excluding dependants, 1999 to 2002 Applications for leave to move for judicial review1 Applications Decisions2 Of which granted leave to move Percentage of applicants granted leave to move3 19996,7 Q1, Q2 and Q4 1,790 1,125 395 (35) 20006 1,920 2,095 555 (26) 20016 2,210 2,300 290 (13) 20028 3,075 2,980 260 (9)
The outcome of judicial review hearings Allowed4 Dismissed5 Withdrawn Total As percentage of total determined Total As percentage of total determined Total As percentage of total determined 19996,7 Q1,Q2 and Q4 135 (57) 25 (11) 75 (32) 20006 365 (48) 300 (40) 95 (12) 20016 260 (68) 60 (16) 60 (16) 20028 25 (30) 60 (67) 5 (3) 1 Figures based on administrative court data. Figures (other than percentages) rounded to the nearest 5 2 Decisions do not relate to applications in any given period. 3 The number of which granted leave to move as a percentage of decisions. 4 Figures exclude judicial reviews brought in cases relating to asylum support (NASS). 5 Estimated figures. 6 The decision of the respondent (in this case, the Home Office or the Department for Constitutional Affairs) was quashed. These figures include consent orders where the JR was conceded by the respondent. 7 The decision of the respondent was upheld. 8 Provisional figures. Figures on asylum initial decision and appeals outcomes are published in the annual Home Office statistical bulletin Asylum Statistics United Kingdom, and in the quarterly asylum statistics web pages. Copies are available from the Library of the House and on the Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate website at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigrationl.html.
§ Mr. RandallTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many potential immigrants were refused admission to the UK following advice from medical inspectors on a Port Form 104 for each of the last five years at(a) Heathrow and (b) other United Kingdom ports; and how many other immigrants were refused entry in each of those five years. [156846]
§ Mr. BrowneInformation on the number of people refused leave to enter the UK following advice given on a port form 104 is not collated centrally.
Information on the number of passengers refused entry in each of the last five years is detailed as follows. The table contains data on the total number of passengers (including those removed on medical grounds) refused entry and removed for all ports 1998–02. Information on a particular port of entry is not available except at disproportionate cost.
Below is an extract from information published in the Command Paper "Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom 2002" (Cm6053), obtainable from the House Library, The Stationery Office and via the Home Office website http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/hobpubs1.html
Passenger refused entry at port and subsequently removed1, 1998 to 2002
United Kingdom Total (units) 1998 27,605 1999 31,295 2000 38,275 2001 37,865 2002 50,360 1 Not necessarily in the same year as arrival.
§ David DavisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many passengers were refused entry at port and subsequently removed in each year1084W since 1992, broken down by ports of entry; and to what he attributes the fall between 2002 and 2003 indicated in the rounded figures released on 4 April. [169253]
§ Mr. BrowneInformation on the number of people who were refused leave to enter at port and were subsequently removed in each year from 1992 to 2002 is shown in the table.
Persons refused entry at port and subsequently removed: 1992 to 2002
1,2,3Number of persons Total 1992 14,950 1993 16,740 1994 17,220 1995 19,150 1996 21,200 1997 24,535 1998 27,605 1999 31,295 2000 38,275 2001 37,865 20024 50,360 1 Figures up to March 2001 may include a small number of dependants of port asylum applicants. 2 Not necessarily in the same year as arrival. 3 Figures are rounded to nearest five. 4 Provisional figures. Information on the port of entry of these individuals is not available except by examination of individual case-files at disproportionate cost.
The information released on 6 April was management information. Although no in-depth analysis has yet been conducted on the apparent fall in the numbers of passengers refused and removed, early indications are that the decrease may have been a result of the overall deterrent effect of our strategies, in particular, the imposition of visa regimes for Zimbabwean and Jamaican nationals; Direct Airside Transit Visas; and the expansion of the Airline Liaison Officer network.
Official statistics on the number of people removed from the UK in 2003, including those people who were removed after being refused leave to enter will be available later this year in the Home Office statistical bulletin "Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom 2003" on the Home Office web-site www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html.