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<p>The average waiting time from the receipt of an appeal to the hearing in the First-tier
Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) January 2018 to March 2018 was 37 weeks.</p><p>
</p><p>The average waiting times from the receipt of an appeal to the hearing in the
First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) from 2010 to 2017 were as follows:</p><p>
</p><p>2010 – 16 weeks</p><p>2011 – 14 weeks</p><p>2012 – 14 weeks</p><p>2013 – 20
weeks</p><p>2014 – 25 weeks</p><p>2015 – 24 weeks</p><p>2016 – 43 weeks</p><p>2017
– 45 weeks</p><p> </p><p>Waiting times extended due to a higher level of receipts
than forecast. In response HM Courts and Tribunals Service increased the number of
judicial sittings to deal with incoming receipts and reduce the live caseload. This
has seen the live caseload nearly halve from 64,800 to 36,300 between June 2016 and
March 2018 and the average waiting time has now begun to improve from 45 weeks in
2017 to 37 weeks in the period January to March 2018. Further improvement will follow.</p>
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