asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what proposals he has to increase staff at the immigration appeals office in Birmingham, in view of the fact that appeals are now being listed for hearing in June 1980;

I am arranging some increase in the staff of the nationality division, in view of the delays in dealing with applications for naturalisation and registration. But the need to contain public expenditure limits what can be done, and I am unable at present to increase the resources at the immigration appeals office in Birmingham.