Home Department written question – answered at on 26 July 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of immigration appeals UK Border Agency staff attended in each year since 2005; and what proportion of immigration appeals at which the UK Border Agency (a) was and (b) was not represented were allowed in each year.
The proportion of immigration appeals represented by UKBA staff in each calendar year since 2005 is as follows:
Proportion | ||
Represented (%) | Appeal numbers | |
2005 | 91 | 53,630 |
2006 | 84 | 95,351 |
2007 | 85 | 102,249 |
2008 | 76 | 101,860 |
2009 | 64 | 96,188 |
The following table shows the proportion of immigration appeals allowed each year since 2005 that were (a) represented and (b) not represented.
Proportion | ||||||
Not represented | % | Represented | % | Total | ||
2005 | Allowed | 1,409 | 8 | 14,528 | 91 | 15,937 |
2006 | Allowed | 5,587 | 16 | 29,927 | 84 | 35,514 |
2007 | Allowed | 6,211 | 17 | 30,806 | 83 | 37,017 |
2008 | Allowed | 11,870 | 29 | 29,092 | 71 | 40,962 |
2009 | Allowed | 17,473 | 42 | 23,997 | 58 | 41,470 |
Notes: 1. In responding to this question, "immigration cases" has been taken to mean asylum, deportation, economic and family migration, international group (entry clearance), and visit visa cases. 2. Figures exclude paper appeal cases as these cases are determined in the absence of a hearing by an immigration judge sitting "in chambers". Neither the appellant's representative nor a presenting officer is required to attend a hearing and these figures are excluded from the appeals representation rates as no representation takes place. 3. The statistical information provided is provisional and for internal use by the UK Border Agency only. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols. The validity of data taken from CID is completely reliant on the quality and timeliness of the information held on the database. Statistics to be used publicly or for other Government Departments or agencies must be agreed with the Immigration Research and Statistics Service (IRSS). 4. Figures include cases withdrawn by the Home Office, as well as those withdrawn by the appellant. |
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