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<p>Home Office Legal Costs, by financial year <br><br>Year Total £000s <br>2013-14
80,591 <br>2012-13 65,436 <br>2011-12 44,048 <br>2010-11 39,485 <br><br>Note <br>On
1 October 2013, the Home Office legal branch transferred to the Treasury Solicitor’s
Department (as part of a wider consolidation of government legal services). Thus,
all historic spend on the Home Office legal branch has been treated as external legal
costs, to ensure that year-on-year figures are comparable. <br><br>This government
has been working to remove the opportunities for abusive litigation in the immigration
system. The Immigration Act 2014 has replaced the old multiple decision points with
a single decision notice, cutting out the multiple opportunities to bring a legal
challenge under the previous legislation. It also reduces the number of immigration
decisions that can be <br>appealed from 17 to 4, whilst introducing a quick and cost-effective
system of Administrative Review to correct case-working errors – keeping unnecessary
litigation out of the courts. It also makes more appeals non-suspensive, allowing
us to deport certain harmful individuals before their appeals are heard if there is
no risk of serious irreversible harm.</p><p />
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