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1169905

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of asylum cases were reversed on appeal in the last year for which figures are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL261
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum appeals determined in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</p><p>Data on the number of asylum appeals lodged and determined (allowed or dismissed) are published in tables Asy_D06 and Asy_D07 of the ‘asylum appeals lodged and determined datasets’.</p><p>Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to the year ending September 2019. Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the ‘summary tables’. The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and resettlement.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance</p><p>A summary of the data on appeals, taken from the summary tables, can be found in Annex A.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/01/2020 17:36:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Annex A- HL261.xlsx title Annex A - Summary Tables
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1218135

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the causes for the reported increase in asylum decisions being overturned in the higher courts, from 17 per cent in 2005 to 52 per cent in 2019.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL6178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>The latest Home Office published statistics are available at www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-statistics-data-tables-year-ending-march-2020#asylum-and-resettlement.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to undertake a specific assessment of allowed asylum appeal rates comparing 2005 to present day in order to respond to this question. This is because significant changes to appeal rights, caselaw, world situation and the types of cases received do not provide a suitable base for comparison over such an extended period of time. However, regular analysis of asylum appeal data and Judicial determinations is undertaken by both decision makers and appeals staff, with regular meetings and discussions to identify themes or areas for action to inform learning and improve decision making.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/07/2020 15:54:39 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1290186

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many asylum applications they disputed on the grounds of having little or no evidence of an asylum seeker's claimed age in (1) 1991, (2) 2010, and (3) 2018.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL13713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum applications in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the number of asylum applications that had an age dispute raised are published in table Asy_D05 of the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets. The table below is given from the published data.</p><p>Age disputes raised for asylum applicants between 2006 and 2020</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p><strong>Age disputes raised</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2006</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,246</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,930</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,515</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,146</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>531</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>370</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>338</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>323</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>318</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>791</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>929</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>718</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>875</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>798</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>732</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><p>1. An age dispute case refers to an applicant who does not have credible documentary or other persuasive evidence to demonstrate their age claimed,</p><p>2. 'Age disputes raised' relates to the number of age assessment requests raised for a main asylum applicant in a year. Figures to the period when the age dispute was raised, which may differ from the period the asylum application was received.</p><p>3. Age dispute figures for years before 2010 can be found in as_10 of the old format asylum data tables volume 3.</p><p>Data on age disputes prior to 2006 is not readily available.</p><p>Information on how to use dataset Asy_D05 can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relate up to December 2020. Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the ‘summary tables’. The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and resettlement.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 10/03/2021 17:50:23 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1688883

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the asylum seekers' appeal system is not intentionally undermined, with the result that rejected applications are subsequently accepted.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bailey of Paddington
	uin	HL2462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>Where a person has been refused asylum and makes further submissions, there will only be a right of appeal if the further submissions amount to a fresh claim. There will be a fresh claim only if the further submissions have not previously been considered and, taken together with the previously considered material, created a realistic prospect of success. In the vast majority of cases where there is a right of appeal, the Home Office is represented by Presenting Officers who are specially trained on immigration law and practice, including cross-examination, to ensure any credibility issues are raised before the tribunal, and that decisions are robustly defended at appeal where it is right to do so.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 28/02/2024 17:11:39 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	4987 label Biography information for Lord Bailey of Paddington

1694355

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to (1) cap, or (2) curtail, multiple appeals from the same asylum seeker.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL3090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>There are no plans to change the rules regulating multiple appeals. An asylum seeker who has already appealed cannot appeal again unless they make further submissions which amount to a fresh claim. There will only be a fresh claim if the further submissions have not previously been considered and, taken together with the previously considered material, created a realistic prospect of success at appeal, even though the asylum claim is being refused. Where this test is not met, the further submissions are rejected and cannot be appealed.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 21/03/2024 12:43:34 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

455956

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many initial asylum application decisions have been overturned on appeal in the past five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL6536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>Figures on asylum appeal determinations are published quarterly by the Home Office in the Immigration Statistics release. The following table gives annual figures for asylum appeals that were allowed, from 2011 to 2015.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Asylum appeals allowed, from 2011 to 2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Appeals Allowed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,779</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,208</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,078</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,758</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,234</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Source: Table as_14, volume 4 of Asylum data tables, <em>Immigration Statistics</em> October to December 2015, Home Office</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics October to December 2015, is available from https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2015</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 07/03/2016 17:28:28 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

455957

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many asylum applications by those aged 18 to 25 have been overturned on appeal in the past five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL6537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>The table provided gives annual figures for the number of appeals allowed from applicants aged between 18 and 25 at the time of applying for asylum. This is a subset of published data.</p><p><strong>Asylum appeals allowed, for applicants aged 18 to 25 at the time of asylum application, 2011 to 2015</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Appeals allowed, age 18 to 25 (1)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>804</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>622</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>549</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>476</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>949</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Home Office, subset of published appeals allowed figures in table as_14, volume 4 of the Asylum data tables, Immigration Statistics October to December 2015</p><p>(1) Age relates to the age at initial asylum application</p><p>A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics October to December 2015, is available from https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2015.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 07/03/2016 17:27:41 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

514699

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many failed asylum cases were overturned on appeal (1) for each of the last three years, and (2) so far in 2016.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL7845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes figures on asylum appeals determinations in the quarterly Immigration Statistics release.</p><p>The following table shows the annual number of asylum appeals that were allowed, from 2013 to 2015. Statistics for January to March 2016 are scheduled to be published on 26 May 2016.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Asylum appeals allowed, 2013 to 2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Appeals Allowed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2,078</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,758</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3,234</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="10"><p>Source: Table as_14, volume 4 of Asylum data tables, <em>Immigration Statistics</em> October to December 2015, Home Office</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics October to December 2015, is available from https: //www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2015.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 03/05/2016 14:39:23 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

827903

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of asylum appeals were successful in (1) 1990, (2) 1995, (3) 2000, (4) 2005, (5) 2010, and (6) 2015.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL4953
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of asylum appeals received and determined, broken down by outcome, in the quarterly Immigration Statistics release. The latest figures are available at the following link: <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017</a></p><p>Table as_14 in the asylum tables (volume 4) contains annual breakdowns of the number of appeals between 2007 and 2016. The table is attached for further reference.</p><p>Data prior to 2007 can be found in the national archives:<br><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110218143229/http://rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/hosbarchive.html" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110218143229/http://rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/hosbarchive.html</a></p><p>Data for 1990 are not available as the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 came into force on 26 July 1993.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 30/01/2018 13:40:29 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Table as_14 - Asylum Tables vol 4.xlsx title Table as_14 - Asylum Tables (vol 4)
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

860864

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of asylum appeals were successful in each of the years 2005 to 2015.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL6263
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of Asylum appeal applications and determinations, in the quarterly <em>Immigration Statistics </em>release. The latest figures are available at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017-data-tables.</p><p>Table as_14 in the Asylum tables (volume 4) contains annual breakdowns of the number of appeals; figures for the years 2007 to 2017 are available.</p><p>Data prior to 2007 can be found in the national archives:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110218143229/http:/rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/hosbarchive.html" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110218143229/http://rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/hosbarchive.html</a></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>% allowed appeals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 26/03/2018 13:59:13 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno