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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/418790/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Code of Practice on Police Use of Firearms and Less Lethal Weapons 2003, made under section 39A of the Police Act 1996 determines the framework by which police forces use both conventional firearms and less lethal weapons. The Authorised Professional Practice on the Use of Force, Firearms and Less Lethal Weapons clearly states that \u201conly less lethal weapons that have been approved by the Secretary of State may be used by the UK police service.\u201d Water cannon is classed as a less lethal weapon and the Home Secretary\u2019s decision not to authorise its use followed the established authorisation process.<\/p><p>The deployment of water cannon by police forces in England and Wales is therefore prohibited.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government whether the current Code of Practice on the Police use of Firearms and Less Lethal Weapons specifically prohibits the Metropolitan Police Service from deploying water cannons; and whether that Code of Practice is binding upon chief constables.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "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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