Correspondence May. 15 2024
Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)Found: State for Justice, regarding the SI to make tribunal rules for Illegal Migration Act suspensive claim appeals
Correspondence May. 08 2024
Committee: Justice Committee (Department: Ministry of Justice)Found: relating to a Statutory Instrument to make Tribunal Rules for Illegal Migration Act Suspensive Claim Appeals
Mentions:
1: Rachel Maclean (Con - Redditch) the British people about the abuse of our homes and communities that is facilitated by some in our asylum - Speech Link
2: Stephen Kinnock (Lab - Aberavon) He will no doubt point to the large number of appeals. - Speech Link
3: Michael Tomlinson (Con - Mid Dorset and North Poole) But it is also right to say that there are legal challenges, late appeals and re-documentation barriers - Speech Link
Asked by: Stephen Kinnock (Labour - Aberavon)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the speech entitled Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s statement on the plan to stop the boats, published by the Prime Minister’s office on 22 April 2024, what the evidential basis is for the statement that the judiciary have identified 150 judges who could provide over 5,000 sitting days to deal with challenges to the removal of asylum seekers from the UK under the provisions of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024.
Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The Illegal Migration Act 2023 (IMA) provides for First-tier Tribunal judges to be deployed to sit in the Upper Tribunal to hear IMA appeals. As the Lord Chancellor set out in his Written Ministerial Statement of 16 January 2024: “The judiciary have identified relevant judges, which could provide over 5,000 additional sitting days. The decision on whether to deploy additional judges temporarily to the Upper Tribunal, including when they sit and the courtrooms they use, is for the independent judiciary and will be taken by the relevant leadership judges at the time and in the interests of justice”.
It is standard practice not to comment on discussions between Ministers and the judiciary. However, the Ministry of Justice is working closely with the judiciary in preparation for implementation of the Illegal Migration Act and I refer you to the Lord Chancellor’s Written Ministerial Statement of 16 January 2024, which addressed the topic (https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2024-01-16/hcws188).
Found: set out in the UK: Rwa nda Treaty: Provision of an asylum partnership (‘the treaty’) and to protect
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the average waiting time for a First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum); and whether he plans to take steps to reduce this wait.
Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
Information about waiting times for appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) (IAC) is routinely published at: Tribunals statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) and HMCTS management information - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
The latest period for which data is available is July to September 2023 (Tribunal Statistics) and December 2023 (HMCTS Management Information). Data for the period October to December 2023 (Tribunal Statistics) will be published on 14 March 2024.
HMCTS continues to invest in improving tribunal productivity through the recruitment of additional Judges, deployment of Legal Officers to actively manage cases, the development of modern case management systems and the use of remote hearing technology.
We continue to monitor and review the demand on the First-tier Tribunal (IAC) and will work with the judiciary and HMCTS on any further actions that may be needed.
Mentions:
1: James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) integrate into Rwandan society.Through the treaty, Rwanda will introduce a strengthened end-to-end asylum - Speech Link
Feb. 06 2024
Source Page: AW & AM & BG v Secretary of State Home Office AS/23/11/45804 & AS/23/11/45824 & AS/23/11/45796Found: 1 FIRST -TIER TRIBUNAL ASYLUM SUPPORT Address: Appellant 1, 2 & 3 Asylum Support Appeals
Dec. 15 2023
Source Page: Guidance Note on explicit and deemed withdrawal of asylum claimsFound: Guidance Note on explicit and deemed withdrawal of asylum claims
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people resident in the Hendon constituency were removed after their asylum appeal was rejected in each of the last five years.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Home Office publishes data on returns and asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’.
Data on asylum appeals lodged and determined (including those dismissed) by year are published in tables Asy_D06 and Asy_D07 of the ‘Asylum appeals lodged and determined detailed datasets’. The data are not broken down by how many people remain in a constituency followed a dismissed asylum appeal.
Data on asylum-related returns by year and return type are published in table Ret_05 of the ‘Returns summary tables’. The data are not broken down by the constituency the individual lived in prior to their return or whether the return followed a dismissed asylum appeal.