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1694354

registered interest
date	06/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much of their legal aid budget is spent on asylum seekers’ appeals, in (1) percentage, and (2) gross, terms.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL3089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>Funding for legal aid is on a demand led basis, the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) does not have a specific budget allocation for delivery of legal aid services in relation to specific categories of law. The table below sets out the total expenditure, on a closed case basis, in relation to asylum seekers’ appeals in gross terms and as a percentage of overall legal aid expenditure for the last 10 years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Asylum Appeal Expenditure (£M)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Legal Aid Expenditure (£M)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of Legal Aid Expenditure spent on Asylum Appeals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>2,017</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>1,821</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>1,650</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>1,615</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>1,652</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>1,665</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>1,679</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>1,345</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>1,656</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>1,835</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Legal aid is generally available for asylum cases, including appeals, under paragraph 30 of Schedule 1, Part 1 Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO). However, not all cases will qualify for legal aid as eligibility is subject to an assessment of legal merits of the case and of the applicant’s financial resources.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 18/03/2024 17:49:36 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

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

1380047

registered interest
date	18/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how many, and (2) what proportion of, asylum appeals were successful due to the absence of a Home Office legal representative at the appeals tribunal.
tabling member printed	Lord Brabazon of Tara
uin	HL4185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>Information on Home Office attendance at Immigration &amp; Asylum Tribunal hearings is not collated centrally by HM Courts and Tribunals Service. Any decision to allow an Asylum appeal is made by a Judge based on the merits of each case.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 02/12/2021 17:28:57 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	3493 label Biography information for Lord Brabazon of Tara

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

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

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

860864

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
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 appeals were successful in each of the years 2005 to 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL6263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of Asylum appeal applications and determinations, in the quarterly <em>Immigration Statistics </em>release. The latest figures are available at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017-data-tables.</p><p>Table as_14 in the Asylum tables (volume 4) contains annual breakdowns of the number of appeals; figures for the years 2007 to 2017 are available.</p><p>Data prior to 2007 can be found in the national archives:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110218143229/http:/rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/hosbarchive.html" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110218143229/http://rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/hosbarchive.html</a></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>% allowed appeals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 26/03/2018 13:59:13 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

827903

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
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 appeals were successful in (1) 1990, (2) 1995, (3) 2000, (4) 2005, (5) 2010, and (6) 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL4953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of asylum appeals received and determined, broken down by outcome, in the quarterly Immigration Statistics release. The latest figures are available at the following link: <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017</a></p><p>Table as_14 in the asylum tables (volume 4) contains annual breakdowns of the number of appeals between 2007 and 2016. The table is attached for further reference.</p><p>Data prior to 2007 can be found in the national archives:<br><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110218143229/http://rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/hosbarchive.html" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110218143229/http://rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/hosbarchive.html</a></p><p>Data for 1990 are not available as the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 came into force on 26 July 1993.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 30/01/2018 13:40:29 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name Table as_14 - Asylum Tables vol 4.xlsx title Table as_14 - Asylum Tables (vol 4)
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

818621

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average duration of the appeal procedure against first instance decisions on asylum applications in the UK over (1) the last 12 months, and (2) the last three years.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL4498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The average clearance time, in weeks, from lodgement to disposal of an asylum appeal in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) was:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Oct 2016 – Sept 2017</strong><sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] The last 12 months for which data are available, in line with published statistics.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 22/01/2018 17:56:47 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven