HC Deb 24 June 2004 vol 422 cc1524-5W
Mr. Oaten

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many appeals were determined by(a) the Immigration Appellate Authority and (b) the Immigration Appeals Tribunal in each year since 1997; and at what cost. [180113]

Mr. Lammy

Information requested relating to the total number of appeal disposals, and the joint operational running costs, for the Immigration Adjudicators, and the Immigration Appeal Tribunal (IAT), is provided in the following table:

Financial year IAA Adjudicator appeal disposals IAT appeal disposal Operational running cost (£ million)
1997–98 35,486 2,435 12.6
1998–99 39,743 1,900 14.0
1999–2000 24,440 3,176 16.1
2000–01 34,226 3,118 35.4
2001–02 61,816 4,396 51.2
2002–03 92,941 7,189 92.9
2003–04 110,223 11,171 90.2