Asylum: Appeals
(asked on 8th January 2018) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
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.
This question was answered on 22nd January 2018
The average clearance time, in weeks, from lodgement to disposal of an asylum appeal in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) was:
Oct 2016 – Sept 20171 | 2016/17 | 2015/16 | 2014/15 |
30 | 35 | 26 | 13 |
[1] The last 12 months for which data are available, in line with published statistics.