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1694355

registered interest
date	06/03/2024
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 His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to (1) cap, or (2) curtail, multiple appeals from the same asylum seeker.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL3090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>There are no plans to change the rules regulating multiple appeals. An asylum seeker who has already appealed cannot appeal again unless they make further submissions which amount to a fresh claim. There will only be a fresh claim if the further submissions have not previously been considered and, taken together with the previously considered material, created a realistic prospect of success at appeal, even though the asylum claim is being refused. Where this test is not met, the further submissions are rejected and cannot be appealed.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 21/03/2024 12:43:34 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1688883

registered interest
date	14/02/2024
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 His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the asylum seekers' appeal system is not intentionally undermined, with the result that rejected applications are subsequently accepted.
tabling member printed	Lord Bailey of Paddington
uin	HL2462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>Where a person has been refused asylum and makes further submissions, there will only be a right of appeal if the further submissions amount to a fresh claim. There will be a fresh claim only if the further submissions have not previously been considered and, taken together with the previously considered material, created a realistic prospect of success. In the vast majority of cases where there is a right of appeal, the Home Office is represented by Presenting Officers who are specially trained on immigration law and practice, including cross-examination, to ensure any credibility issues are raised before the tribunal, and that decisions are robustly defended at appeal where it is right to do so.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 28/02/2024 17:11:39 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4987 label Biography information for Lord Bailey of Paddington

1625162

registered interest
date	02/05/2023
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, when she plans to bring into force the provisions in the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 on (a) priority removal notices and (b) accelerated appeals.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	183550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>Work is underway to bring the provisions in the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 relating to (a) priority removal notices and (b) accelerated appeals into force as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/05/2023 15:30:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1434764

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
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 failed asylum applications have been successfully appealed by the claimant since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	128470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on small boat arrivals in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/irregular-migration-to-the-uk-year-ending-december-2021" target="_blank">Irregular migration to the UK</a>’ release. Data on the number of small boat arrivals is published in the ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1056630/irregular-migration-to-the-uk-december-2022.ods" target="_blank">Irregular migration summary tables</a>’, including breakdowns by nationality, age and sex. The latest data cover the period up to the end of December 2021.</p><p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum and returns in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’.</p><ul><li>Data on asylum applications and initial decisions on asylum applications are published in tables Asy_D01 and Asy_D02 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’.</li><li>Data on appeals and appeal outcomes are published in tables Asy_D06 and Asy_D07 of the detailed datasets (available at the above link). For appeals, please note that most, but not all, appeals will relate to those who have had their claim refused at initial decision; a small number of appeals relate to cases which received a grant of leave other than asylum.</li><li>Data on asylum-related returns by type of return (including enforced returns, of which ‘deportations’ are a subset) are published in table Ret_05 in the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1054670%2Freturns-summary-dec-2021-tables.ods&amp;data=04%7C01%7CFrancesca.Allerton%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca9613dc700664f1b3b5708d9f77fa903%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637812949926457640%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=yECs6rfLB4uhzSIOq6sT49gvwrUvun849us197fzLEE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">returns summary tables</a>. The latest data relate to the year ending September 2021.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The term 'deportations' refers to a legally-defined subset of returns, which are enforced either following a criminal conviction, or when it is judged that a person’s removal from the UK is conducive to the public good. The published statistics refer to enforced returns which include deportations, as well as cases where a person has breached UK immigration laws and those removed under other administrative and illegal entry powers that have declined to leave voluntarily. Figures on deportations, which are a subset of enforced returns, are not separately available.</p><p>The Home Office seeks to return people who do not have any legal right to stay in the UK, which includes people who:</p><ol><li>enter, or attempt to enter, the UK illegally (including people entering clandestinely and by means of deception on entry);</li><li>overstay their period of legal right to remain in the UK;</li><li>breach their conditions of leave;</li><li>are subject to deportation action; for example, due to a serious criminal conviction, and</li><li>have been refused asylum.</li></ol><p> </p><p>Asylum-related returns relate to cases where there has been an asylum claim at some stage prior to the return. This will include asylum seekers whose asylum claims have been refused, and who have exhausted any rights of appeal, those returned under third country provisions, as well as those granted asylum/protection, but removed for other reasons (such as criminality).</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 128462 128463 128464 128466 question first answered 01/03/2022 11:59:45 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1379349

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
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 people are waiting to be removed from the UK having exhausted the appeals process in their asylum applications.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	76651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2021 answer text <p>Information regarding the number of failed asylum seekers still living in the UK can be found on tables ASY03 and RCM02 of the most recently published immigration and protection transparency data:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fimmigration-and-protection-data-q2-2021&amp;data=04%7C01%7Creturnspreparationsecretariat%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C8a629ec95f1641a462de08d9ab5a7721%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637729227286734878%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=VieiGMRe1koSAKjlRJ2IgQX5AnvmeP6xp%2BS%2FLGInNj0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-and-protection-data-q2-2021</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/11/2021 14:25:42 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1290186

registered interest
date	25/02/2021
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 how many asylum applications they disputed on the grounds of having little or no evidence of an asylum seeker's claimed age in (1) 1991, (2) 2010, and (3) 2018.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL13713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum applications in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the number of asylum applications that had an age dispute raised are published in table Asy_D05 of the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets. The table below is given from the published data.</p><p>Age disputes raised for asylum applicants between 2006 and 2020</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p><strong>Age disputes raised</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2006</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,246</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,930</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,515</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,146</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>531</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>370</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>338</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>323</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>318</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>791</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>929</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>718</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>875</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>798</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>732</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><p>1. An age dispute case refers to an applicant who does not have credible documentary or other persuasive evidence to demonstrate their age claimed,</p><p>2. 'Age disputes raised' relates to the number of age assessment requests raised for a main asylum applicant in a year. Figures to the period when the age dispute was raised, which may differ from the period the asylum application was received.</p><p>3. Age dispute figures for years before 2010 can be found in as_10 of the old format asylum data tables volume 3.</p><p>Data on age disputes prior to 2006 is not readily available.</p><p>Information on how to use dataset Asy_D05 can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relate up to December 2020. Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the ‘summary tables’. The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and resettlement.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 10/03/2021 17:50:23 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1229248

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
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 take steps to allow asylum seekers to work after they have been waiting six months for a decision on their case.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	81747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>Asylum seekers can work in the UK if their claim has been outstanding for 12 months, through no fault of their own. Those allowed to work are restricted to jobs on the Shortage Occupation List, which is published by the Home Office and based on expert advice from the Migration Advisory Committee.</p><p> </p><p>It is important to distinguish between those who need protection and those seeking to work here, who can apply for a work visa under the Immigration Rules. Our wider policy could be undermined if migrants bypassed work visa Rules by lodging unfounded asylum claims here.</p><p> </p><p>Asylum seeker right to work is a complex issue. A review of the policy is ongoing, and we are considering the evidence put forward on the issue.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 81748 question first answered 07/09/2020 13:12:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1218135

registered interest
date	25/06/2020
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 assessment they have made of the causes for the reported increase in asylum decisions being overturned in the higher courts, from 17 per cent in 2005 to 52 per cent in 2019.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL6178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>The latest Home Office published statistics are available at www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-statistics-data-tables-year-ending-march-2020#asylum-and-resettlement.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to undertake a specific assessment of allowed asylum appeal rates comparing 2005 to present day in order to respond to this question. This is because significant changes to appeal rights, caselaw, world situation and the types of cases received do not provide a suitable base for comparison over such an extended period of time. However, regular analysis of asylum appeal data and Judicial determinations is undertaken by both decision makers and appeals staff, with regular meetings and discussions to identify themes or areas for action to inform learning and improve decision making.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/07/2020 15:54:39 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1184659

registered interest
date	12/03/2020
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 people have been wrongly removed to their country of origin after having their asylum claims refused while Appeal Rights Exhausted and have then been returned back to the UK, in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	28752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK has a proud record of providing protection for asylum seekers fleeing persecution. Each case is considered sensitively, appropriately and on its individual merits. All available evidence is carefully and sensitively considered against a background of relevant case law and in light of published country information, which covers country specific issues.</p><p>The UK only ever returns those who both the Home Office and the courts are satisfied do not need our protection and have no legal basis to remain in the UK.</p><p>Providing the information requested in relation to number of people returned to the UK following removal would require a manual check of individual records and I am therefore not able to provide this to you. In a small number of cases each year individuals are brought back to the UK either by the Home Office or a Court for further consideration of their case. When this occurs, we review all circumstances with the Courts as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 19/03/2020 16:09:19 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1169905

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
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 cases were reversed on appeal in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum appeals determined in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</p><p>Data on the number of asylum appeals lodged and determined (allowed or dismissed) are published in tables Asy_D06 and Asy_D07 of the ‘asylum appeals lodged and determined datasets’.</p><p>Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to the year ending September 2019. Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the ‘summary tables’. The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and resettlement.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance</p><p>A summary of the data on appeals, taken from the summary tables, can be found in Annex A.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/01/2020 17:36:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Annex A- HL261.xlsx title Annex A - Summary Tables
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton