The reassessment of applications from those with credible links to former Afghan specialist units is well under way and is being conducted by staff independent of those who previously worked on these applications.<\/p>
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The first reassessment occurred on March 26, and we aim to complete reassessing the majority of the approximately 2,000 cases in scope of the review within around 12 weeks. Some complex cases might extend beyond this as we ensure all evidence is considered.<\/p>
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I will update the House once the review is completed, but my immediate priority is processing the cases as swiftly and diligently as possible and ensuring that the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme criteria is consistently applied to all applications being reassessed.<\/p>
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The table below shows, for each year from 2009-10, the time taken to make an initial decision, including those made within 12 months of claiming asylum.<\/p>
In the year ending 31 March 2015, UKVI completed a sigmificant exercise in clearing all straightforward asylum cases with a claim date preceding 1 April 2014.<\/p>
Financial Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Total Number of Decisions<\/strong><\/p><\/td> No of Cases with a decision Over a Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> No of Cases with a decision Under a Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2009/10<\/p><\/td> 24,510<\/p><\/td> 3,048<\/p><\/td> 21,462<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010/11<\/p><\/td> 19,818<\/p><\/td> 4,010<\/p><\/td> 15,808<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011/12<\/p><\/td> 16,970<\/p><\/td> 1,479<\/p><\/td> 15,491<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012/13<\/p><\/td> 17,561<\/p><\/td> 1,208<\/p><\/td> 16,353<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013/14<\/p><\/td> 15,141<\/p><\/td> 2,305<\/p><\/td> 12,836<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014/15<\/p><\/td> 25,992<\/p><\/td> 8,281<\/p><\/td> 17,711<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015/16 (Up to the 30 Sep 2015)<\/p><\/td> 13,073<\/p><\/td> 1,217<\/p><\/td> 11,856<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> The Home Office holds reportable information on the number of asylum seekers who have not received a decision within twelve months. Permission to work requests are also recorded on the immigration casework database but this information is not readily reportable without interrogating thousands of individual cases. Therefore, the information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.<\/p>"}
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