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<p>The annual number of asylum appeals lodged and the percentage of asylum appeals
determined that were successful for 2005 and 2008 are shown in the table attached.</p><p>Data
for asylum applications, asylum appeals lodged and the percentage of asylum appeals
determined that were successful for 2011 and 2013 is available in published data and
can be found in the links listed in the bullets below:</p><p>• Data for asylum applications
can be found in table ‘as 01’ of the ‘Asylum data tables immigration statistics April
to June 2014 volume 1’ is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2014-data-tables"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2014-data-tables</a>.</p><p>•
Data for asylum appeals lodged and % of appeals allowed is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a></p><p>The
volumes listed in the table and links above are not necessarily the same cohort of
cases. As a result we are unable to provide data on the percentage of asylum applications
in the years requested that resulted in an appeal.</p><p><strong>Table showing asylum
appeals lodged and percentage of asylum appeals determined that were successful.</strong></p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2005<strong>[1]</strong><strong>[2]</strong><strong>[3]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Asylum
Appeals lodged</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24,891</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,008</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Appeals
determined by the IAA/AIT</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32,611</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,057</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>%
Asylum appeals allowed (of those determined)<strong>[4]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Appeals were dealt with by the Immigration Appellate
Authority (IAA) until April 2005, by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) from
Apr 2005 to Feb 2010, and since then by the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum
Chamber.</p><p>[2] 2005 lodgement figures exclude appeals dismissed at the Preliminary
Issue stage (out of time or invalid). HMCTS now include this category of appeal in
Official Statistics data, from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2007.</p><p>[3] The 2005 asylum
appeals lodged figure may not match figures previously in the public domain due to
differing dates of extraction from the case management database. See link to archive
<a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110206074952/http:/www.tribunals.gov.uk/ImmigrationAsylum/"
target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110206074952/http://www.tribunals.gov.uk/ImmigrationAsylum/</a></p><p>[4]
"determined" means decided by a judge and excludes withdrawn appeals.</p><p>
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