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939943

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference evidence in the report, Waiting in the Dark: How the asylum system dehumanises, disempowers and damages, published by Refugee Action in May 2019, what assessment has he made of the reasons for the high number of decisions overturned on appeal.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	163630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>UK Visas and Immigration has an internal audit process, consisting of reviews by senior case workers and independent auditors, which assesses the application of Home Office policy. We continue to work to improve the quality of decision-making to ensure that we properly consider all the evidence provided and get decisions right the first time.</p><p>Appeals are allowed for a variety of reasons including the presentation of fresh evidence, not available at the time of the initial decision. We have a very active feedback system between our presenting officers and those who make decisions on asylum claims. Where our reviews show that there are lessons for the Home Office, these are fed back to decision making units who use them to improve operational practices.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/07/2018 16:27:13 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

900093

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what account is taken of people's travel and accommodation needs when an in-person appointment for the Further Submissions Unit is offered.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	141886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>The information requested on the estimated number of in-person appointments at the Further Submissions Unit in Liverpool, that have been offered to asylum applicants living in Scotland in each year, is not available in the format requested and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Home Office implemented a new policy on 30 March 2015, requiring all individuals who have been refused asylum, who have exhausted their appeal rights and have been found not to be in need of protection by the courts, to make an asylum further submission in person. All individuals who have been refused asylum who wish to submit further submissions on asylum or human rights grounds are required to telephone the Home Office’s Further Submissions Unit and book an appointment to submit their submissions in person in Liverpool.</p><p>The current Home Office policy is that further submissions must be submitted in person in Liverpool, but arrangements will be kept under review.</p><p>When scheduling an appointment at the Further Submissions Unit, account is taken of an individual’s location and distance of travel to Liverpool. For those individuals who may have to travel, an appointment will be offered later in the day to reduce any financial implications. Additionally, appointments are scheduled in advanced allowing for the most cost effective form of travel to be booked.</p><p>In exceptional circumstances, for example due to a disability or severe illness, further submissions from failed asylum seekers may be accepted either through local arrangements or by post, providing that supporting evidence is submitted, as specified within the published further submissions policy which can be accessed at the following:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/502334/Further_Submissions_API_v9_0_EXT.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/502334/Further_Submissions_API_v9_0_EXT.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 141884 141885 question first answered 11/05/2018 11:59:28 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

882458

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of successful asylum appeals since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	135520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service data on appeals can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2017</a></p><p>The Home Office reviews all allowed appeals to ensure that learning is used to inform decision making. These reviews show that appeals are allowed for a variety of reasons, often because of new evidence presented before the tribunal which was not available to the decision maker at the time.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/04/2018 16:45:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

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

828610

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the First Tier Tribunal on the (a) repeal of section 4(1) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and (b) provision of bail accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	124277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Section 4(1) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 was repealed on 15 January on the coming into effect of new immigration bail provisions in Schedule 10 to the Immigration Act 2016, including new powers to provide accommodation in certain circumstances. The repeal of section 4(1) is not expected to have any discernible effect on the number of people released from immigration detention on immigration bail</p><p>There has been communication with the First-tier Tribunal about the implications of Schedule 10 to the 2016 Act, including the repeal of section 4(1) of the 1999 Act and provision of bail accommodation. Regular discussions have also taken place with Ministry of Justice officials from both HM Courts and Tribunals Service and HM Prisons and Probation Service. No discussions on this subject have taken place with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government or Ministers in the devolved administrations. <br>Section 4(1) of the 1999 Act was used to provide accommodation to people released from immigration detention on bail and in limited circumstances to other categories of migrants who required support in order to avoid a breach of their rights under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights</p><p>Paragraph 9 of Schedule 10 to the 2016 Act replaces this with powers to provide accommodation to people released from detention on bail and to those who require it in order to avoid a breach of their Article 3 rights</p><p>Additionally, individuals granted immigration bail who are asylum seekers or failed asylum seekers still have access to support provided under sections 95 or 4(2) of the 1999 Act if they would otherwise be destitute and meet the normal eligibility criteria. Any migrant who is not entitled to support and who could leave the UK in order to avoid homelessness should do so.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 124276 124278 question first answered 29/01/2018 15:47:45 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

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

827963

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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there are plans to provide financial assistance to asylum seekers who have to travel to Liverpool to appeal asylum decisions.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	123923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Asylum appeal hearings are not held in Liverpool. Asylum seekers are not required to travel to Liverpool to appeal against their asylum decisions or attend their asylum appeal hearing.</p><p>The Home Office implemented a new policy on 30 March 2015 which requiring all failed asylum seekers (FAS) who have exhausted their appeal rights, but who wish to make an asylum further submission, to do so in person. Those who wish to submit further submissions on asylum or human rights grounds are required to telephone the further submissions unit and book an appointment to submit their further submissions in person in Liverpool.</p><p>There are no plans to provide financial assistance to those individuals wishing to submit their further submissions in person in Liverpool. However, in exceptional circumstances, for example due to a disability or severe illness, further submissions from failed asylum seekers may be accepted either through local arrangements or by post, providing that supporting evidence is submitted, as specified within the published further submissions policy which can be accessed at the following:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/502334/Further_Submissions_API_v9_0_EXT.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/502334/Further_Submissions_API_v9_0_EXT.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 29/01/2018 15:36:56 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

818973

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will examine the reasons for the number of asylum applications which are overturned on appeal; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	121650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>UK Visas and Immigration reviews all asylum appeals allowed by the Tribunal and is committed to using this information to continue to improve performance.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/01/2018 13:23:53 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

784965

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration cases involving rejected claims for asylum were overturned on appeal in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Jared O'Mara
uin	111736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office published data on initial decisions for asylum applications and the number of allowed appeals for applications made in each year to 2016. This can be found in table as_06 published at the link below. The data do not distinguish between appeals resulting from rejected claims and refer to all allowed appeals, regardless of initial decision. Data for 2017 are due to be published in August 2018.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638598/asylum2-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638598/asylum2-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 15/11/2017 10:43:03 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4661 label Biography information for Jared O'Mara

771548

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the average waiting time to speak to an adviser from her Department's Further Submissions Unit by telephone in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	108009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office implemented a new policy on 30 March 2015 requiring all failed asylum seekers (FAS) whose appeal rights become exhausted but wish to make a further asylum submission, to do so in-person. This change was introduced to improve the handling and processing times of applications. Importantly the in person requirement allows the Home Office to check the identity of those lodging further submissions, reduce the risk of fraud and provides a means to ask questions during the appointment, where necessary, so that we can make a decision more quickly. FAS who want to submit further submissions on asylum or human rights grounds are required to telephone the further submissions unit and book an appointment to submit their further submissions in person in Liverpool.</p><p> </p><p>Lead in times and appointment availability can vary and emergency appointments are offered within a week for those individuals who meet the criteria. The Home Office has however, recently increased the number of appointments from 150 to 180 a week to reduce waiting times further [10800 &amp; 108007].</p><p> </p><p>The further submission appointments booking line is currently resourced to meet the existing demand and this remains under continuous review. The appointment booking line does not current have capability to record information on average waiting times for speaking with advisers and the information is not available in the format requested [108004 &amp;108009].</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information requested on; number of applicants living in Scotland who have been refused (108005) and granted (108006) permission to submit their applications is not available in the format requested. The Home Office does not refuse or grant permission to submit further submissions.</p><p> </p><p>If an individual is eligible at the appointment booking stage, an in-person appointment will be offered. We will only accept postal applications in exceptional circumstances such as severe illness or disability, as specified within the published further submissions policy which can be accessed at the following:</p><p> </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/502334/Further_Submissions_API_v9_0_EXT.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/502334/Further_Submissions_API_v9_0_EXT.pdf</a></li></ul><p> </p><p>The cost or inconvenience of travel are not acceptable reasons to waive the in- person requirement for further submissions to be lodged. Once an application has been lodged, the case will be decided by a Home Office caseworker [108005 &amp; 108006].</p><p> </p><p>The information requested on; number daily appointments [108008]; average number of calls [108010]; number of telephone advisers employed [108011]; and average number of people employed on the further submission unit [108012], in the last five years is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 108000 108004 108005 108006 108007 108008 108010 108011 108012 question first answered 25/10/2017 15:57:51 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden