PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Immigration: Appeals (18 December 2014)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many immigration tribunal decisions in favour of the applicant were subsequently overturned on appeal in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 to date.
Asked by:
Jeremy Corbyn (Your Party)
Asked by:
Jeremy Corbyn (Your Party)
Answer
The Upper Tribunal disposed of 8,902 appeals between April 2013 and March 2014. 2,238 of these appeals have been identified as lodged by the Home Secretary, of which 943 were allowed.
The Upper Tribunal disposed of 4,635 appeals between April and September 2014, the last date for which figures are currently available. 1,964 of these appeals have been identified as lodged by the Home Secretary of which 730 were allowed.
In all cases, lodged by either the appellant or Home Office, the Upper Tribunal dismissed 4,630 appeals in 2013/14 and 2,425 appeals during the period April to September 2014.
Answered by:
Shailesh Vara (Conservative)
7 January 2015
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