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693819

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Visas: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many out-of-country visa appeals have taken more than six months to be decided in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	65384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The number of out of country visa appeals that have taken more than six months to be decided is 19,335 for the financial year 2014/15 and 13,470 for the financial year 2015/16. For the first six months of 2016/17 (April to Sept) the number is 5999.</p><p> </p><p>We do everything we can to avoid unnecessary delay in the Immigration &amp; Asylum Chamber. We have provided an additional 4,950 tribunal sitting days for this financial year and 138 additional Fee Paid Judges have been assigned to the Immigration and Asylum Chamber from the Employment Tribunal and Social Entitlement Chamber to ensure caseloads decrease.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 02/03/2017 17:12:00 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

693829

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Visas: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will review timescales for out-of-country visa appeals to ensure that they are reasonable and appropriate.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	65378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>We keep under review the time it takes for immigration and asylum appeals to be dealt with, both in-country and out-of-country appeals.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 02/03/2017 17:10:05 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

686191

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of administrative review appeals for a UK visa was processed within 28 working days in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	63537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2017 answer text <p>The number of Administrative Reviews for a UK visa processed within 28 days global is not included in published statistics.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/02/2017 15:06:57 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

446011

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: 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 settlement visas granted on appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum) have been issued by UK Visas and Immigration (a) within one month, (b) between one to three months, (c) between three to six months, (d) between six to 12 months and (e) more than 12 months after that tribunal's judgement in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	23176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>The information is not readily available or held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/01/2016 17:15:57 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

446012

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: 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 standard visitor visas granted on appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum) have been issued by UK Visas and Immigration (a) within one month, (b) between one to three months, (c) between three to six months, (d) between six to 12 months and (e) more than 12 months after that tribunal's judgement in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	23177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>The time taken between receiving a determination from the First Tier Tribunal relating to a standard visitor visa and subsequent issue of visa can be found in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Time between notification of allowed appeal and issued decision</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Under 1 month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1-3 Months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3-6 Months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6-12 Months</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Over 12 Months</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>YE Sep-13</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>YE Sep-14</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>YE Sep-15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All figures are obtained from local Management Information.</p><p> </p><p>Figures rounded to the nearest 5.</p><p> </p><p>‘-‘ represents 0 cases ‘*’ represents less than 3 cases.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/02/2016 18:04:30 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

386297

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: 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 appeals have been granted following refusal of the granting of a settlement visa since 1 January 2015.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	4704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Until 31st March 2015, no appeal outcomes have been recorded on appeals related to in-country settlement cases where the application was refused between 1st January 2015 and 31st March 2015.</p><p>Between 1st January and 31st March 2015, 228 appeals were allowed at the First-tier Tribunal which related to an earlier in-country settlement application.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/07/2015 15:12:10 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz