Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were waiting to be listed by the Immigration Appeal Tribunal on 31 August 2021.

As at 31 March 2021 the number of cases without a hearing date:

a) In the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) was 17,334.

b) In the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) was 1,086.

These figures include appeals that have been adjourned following an initial hearing.

The average waiting time from receipt to the first substantive hearing in the period April 2020 to March 2021

a) in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) was 40 weeks

b) in the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) was 17 weeks.

Figures are provided for the most recent time period covered by official statistics.

Since the outset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic steps have been taken to increase listing with the introduction of remote hearings and the return of face-to-face hearings in covid-secure tribunal buildings.