Stephen Timms – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2016-03-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to how many appeal hearings her Department did not send a representative at (a) First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum) and (b) Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum) in (i) 2012-13 (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15.
James Brokenshire
The Government publishes the percentage of appeal hearings at which the Secretary of State for the Home Department was represented on a quarterly basis. Below is a table covering the 2012-2015 period.
Appeal Representation Rates
|
Quarters |
All hearings (%) |
First Tier (%) 3 |
Upper Tier (%) 3 |
Deportation (%) 2 |
|
2012 Q1 |
83% |
80% |
100% |
100% |
|
2012 Q2 |
83% |
80% |
100% |
100% |
|
2012 Q3 |
87% |
85% |
100% |
100% |
|
2012 Q4 |
94% |
93% |
100% |
100% |
|
2013 Q1 |
95% |
94% |
100% |
100% |
|
2013 Q2 |
98% |
97% |
100% |
100% |
|
2013 Q3 |
98% |
98% |
100% |
100% |
|
2013 Q4 |
99% |
99% |
100% |
100% |
|
2014 Q1 |
99% |
98% |
100% |
100% |
|
2014 Q2 |
99% |
99% |
100% |
100% |
|
2014 Q3 |
99% |
99% |
100% |
100% |
|
2014 Q4 |
99% |
99% |
100% |
100% |
|
2015 Q1 |
97% |
97% |
100% |
100% |
|
2015 Q2 |
86% |
83% |
100% |
100% |
|
2015 Q3 |
85% |
82% |
100% |
100% |
|
2015 Q4 |
98% |
97% |
100% |
100% |
|
Appeal Representation Rates |
|
|
1 |
The percentage of appeal hearings at first tier/upper tier/deportation where the Home Office was represented. |
|
2 |
Deportation appeals show both first tier and upper tier representation rates. |
|
3 |
The first tier/upper tier information excludes entry clearance appeals and deportation appeals. |
|
4 |
All figures quoted have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change. |
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5 |
This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols. |
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6 |
Data refers ONLY to those cases recorded on the Casework Immigration Database. |
