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<p>The First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chambers) are
administered by HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS).</p><p> </p><p>The number
of appeal hearings adjourned at the hearing, or postponed prior to the hearing, due
to documents from the Home Office not being submitted before the hearing date was:</p><p>(i)
First-tier Tribunal: (a) 2014 – 833 and (b) 2015 – 739</p><p>(ii) Upper Tribunal:
(a) 2014 – 17 and (b) 2015 – 8</p><p> </p><p>The number of appeal hearings either
adjourned at the hearing, or postponed prior to the hearing due to documents from
the Home Office not being submitted before the hearing date in the first six months
of 2016, which are the latest figures available, was:</p><p>(i) First-tier Tribunal
– 269</p><p>(ii) Upper Tribunal – 1</p><p> </p><p>Data provided are internal Management
Information and not subject to the same quality checks as Official Statistics.</p>
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