Speeches

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.

5

This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols.

6

Data refers ONLY to those cases recorded on the Casework Immigration Database.