HC Deb 27 May 2004 vol 421 cc1787-8W
Mr. Gerrard

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many statutory reviews under section 101 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 have resulted in the High Court issuing a certificate of no merit under section 101(3)(d) in each month since April 2003. [175823]

Mr. Lammy

The Administrative Court Office does not keep a record of the number of cases in which a certificate of no merit is issued. To ascertain this information each court file would have to be individually inspected to check the decision of the judge. These figures could not be obtained without incurring disproportionate costs.

However, I am able to offer information from the Legal Services Commission (LSC). They have received 5 certificates of no merit for statutory review from the Administrative Court under section 101(3)(d) since April 2003.

Mr. Gerrard

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many applications to the Legal Services Commission for certificates of public funding for statutory review under section 101 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 have been(a) granted and (b) refused each month since April 2003. [175824]

Mr. Lammy

The Legal Services Commission did not receive any applications for statutory review until July 2003, but the number granted between July 2003 and March 2004 are set out in the following table:

2003 Month certificates granted
July 1
August 2
September 23
October 37
November 33
December 30
January 49
February 24
March 64

The Legal Services Commission is unable to provide figures for the number of applications refused because its systems do not record refusal data broken down by category of case.

Mr. Gerrard

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many statutory reviews under section 101 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 have been heard by the High Court in each month since April 2003; and how many of these were determined in favour of the applicant. [175825]

Mr. Lammy

The Administrative Court received the first applications for statutory review in May 2003. Statutory reviews under section 101 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 are considered on paper only; there are no hearings. The figures from May 2003 until April 2004 of statutory review applications received and granted are as follows:

Month/year Applications received Applications granted
May 2003 2 1
June 2003 3 0
July 2003 2 0
August 2003 9 0
September 2003 65 10
October 2003 84 26
November 2003 95 14
December 2003 117 15
January 2004 118 8
February 2004 130 40
March 2004 203 25
April 2004 116 36
Total 944 175