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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government whether they intend to review the azure payment card for asylum seekers as a result of the new report by the British Red Cross on the humanitarian cost of the card.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100010", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100010/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<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>\u2022 Data for asylum applications can be found in table \u2018as 01\u2019 of the \u2018Asylum data tables immigration statistics April to June 2014 volume 1\u2019 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>\u2022 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] &quot;determined&quot; means decided by a judge and excludes withdrawn appeals.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government how many Home Office asylum decisions were appealed against in 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2013; and what percentage of those appeals were successful.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100011", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100011/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<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>\u2022 Data for asylum applications can be found in table \u2018as 01\u2019 of the \u2018Asylum data tables immigration statistics April to June 2014 volume 1\u2019 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>\u2022 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] &quot;determined&quot; means decided by a judge and excludes withdrawn appeals.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government how many Home Office asylum decisions were appealed against in 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2013; and what percentage of the total applications that represents.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3691", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno"}
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      ], "uin" : "HL2226"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100012", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100012/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>There is no reason why any asylum seekers should be left without support on reaching the age of 18. Unaccompanied asylum seeking children are looked after by local authorities and most will continue to be supported in this way after the age of 18 under leaving care legislation while they remain in the UK.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Any asylum seeker that does not have an entitlement to leaving care support would be eligible to support from the Home Office under the provisions of section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 if they were destitute.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government how many asylum claimants are left without any state support, on reaching the age of 18.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3691", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100013", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100013/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>They have access to NHS services free of charge while their asylum claims are under consideration.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what access young asylum seekers have to health provision, once they reach the age of 18.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3691", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100054/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>All EU member states have ratified the 1957 Council of Europe Convention on Extradition (ECE). Consequently, they will all have legislation that allows them to operate the ECE with other ECE signatories who do not use the Arrest Warrant. However, a number of EU member states have subsequently passed specific legislation to implement the Arrest Warrant and would need to pass new domestic legislation in order to allow them to operate the ECE with the UK. In some cases, this could be a lengthy process. For example, we believe that it would take the Netherlands at least a year to pass the necessary legislation and during this time they would not be able to issue extradition requests to the UK, or respond to UK extradition requests. Effectively, this would make both countries a safe haven for each others\u2019 criminals.<br><br>Under the 1957 European Convention on Extradition, 22 Member States may also refuse to extradite its own nationals which means that some people may never face justice. In non-European Arrest Warrant cases, the following EU Member States have an absolute bar on extraditing their own nationals to the UK:<br><br>Austria<br>Belgium<br>Czech Republic<br>Finland <br>France<br>Germany<br>Greece<br>Latvia<br>Luxembourg<br>Slovakia<br>Slovenia<br>Spain<br>Sweden<br><br>A further nine have made declarations to the 1957 European Convention on Extradition to the effect that they will not extradite their own nationals:<br><br>Bulgaria<br>Croatia<br>Cyprus<br>Estonia<br>Hungary<br>Lithuania<br>Poland<br>Portugal<br>Romania<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government, in the event of the United Kingdom not opting back into the provisions of the European Arrest Warrant, which member states still have on their statute books the legislation necessary to revert to the Council of Europe Convention on Extradition 1957.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1980", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Inglewood"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100071/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Azure card is issued to destitute failed asylum seekers accommodated under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 because they are temporarily unable to leave the United Kingdom. The card can be used at most of the main supermarket chains to purchase food and other essential items. The performance of the card is kept under regular review but the Government is satisfied that it is an effective way of ensuring that recipients are able to meet their essential living needs and are not left destitute.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Government therefore has no plans to abolish the card or change legislation to allow people supported under section 4 to receive cash instead.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The total administrative costs of the card scheme since it was introduced in 2009 are approximately £1,515,000. Estimated administrative costs for the current financial year are £200,000.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Government published its response to the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee report about asylum procedures in December 2013 (cm 8769). A response to the Committee\u2019s views on section 4 support was set out on page 18-19.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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