To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what plans he has to increase the (a) training and (b) numbers of immigration adjudicators. [33197]

In respect of training, in addition to the usual training, all adjudicators will be trained on the impact of the Human Rights Bill in the next 18 months. In respect of numbers, I can report that 43 new part time adjudicators were recruited in 1997 and we expect to recruit about 30 more this year.