Ministry of Justice written question – answered at on 5 November 2025.
Christopher Chope
Conservative, Christchurch
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many courts hear First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum) appeals; and how many are fully funded to operate throughout the year.
Sarah Sackman
The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice
The First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber (FtTIAC) has 83 tribunal hearing rooms across the United Kingdom and has access to shared court rooms in other jurisdictions. Utilisation of this space is dependent on a number of factors including the volume of ‘in person’ versus ‘remote’ hearings scheduled, budgetary allocations, the requirement for judges to sit at satellite venues and available staffing and judicial resource.
The FtTIAC is currently funded to sit to maximum levels based on available judicial capacity.
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