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Immigration Advisory Service

Volume 410: debated on Friday 19 September 2003

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To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what free legal representation will be available to those refused visas by overseas posts when funding is withdrawn from the Immigration Advisory Service. [128327]

The terms of the contract that will be awarded to the Immigration Advisory Service (IAS) following the transfer of funding from the Home Office to the Legal Services Commission have yet to be finalised. Ministers will write to the IAS in the near future, once the position is clearer.

Expenditure for each judge's lodgings, for the years 1999–2003 inclusive
Lodging1999–20002000–012001–022002–03
Birmingham356,736.17405,865.43415,705.55432,874.74
Leicester40,964.9450,432.8944,928.7191,569.11
Lincoln35,075.3639,000.3438,385.9642,885.14
Northampton25,031.5018,109.3230,622.8717,472.17
Nottingham189,056.39218,144.54246,113.20250,807.08
Stafford104,226.10137,966.9388,366.4999,057.55
Warwick9,792.75235.004,827.920
Worcester24,001.8433,214.0455,280.0831,991.60
Leeds289,833.69376,933.30316,445.18319,626.98
Plawsworth331,201.69430,176.19326,003.36305,022.17
Sheffield322,359.72291,088.99242,090.17256,479.49
Temporary judge's lodgings (Hull)0.0014,112.2427,053.6812,515.76
Carlisle35,784.6134,554.5831,239.9322,821.63
Liverpool291,920.72233,721.22274,731.19235,575.37
Manchester340,661.18448,365.96382,005.97339,810.76
Preston213,045.95214,021.46223,802.25225,748.93
Chelmsford105,494.41107,853.64114,388.17138,508.71
Lewes142,912.21178,327.11159,481.23147,923.35
Temporary judge's lodgings (Lewes)00022,192.13
Maidstone185,689.18224,916.27206,906.43188,572.83
Norwich124,637.02186,917.83152,954.05149,283.82
Oxford59,168.8542,878.6438,768.9633,449.34
Reading112,420.32123,004.54182,071.19169,882.14
St. Albans216,451.08291,011.19224,267.65258,149.67
Caernarfon13,771.0314,652.7221,989.9610,482.15
Cardiff235,173.88317,177.84286,408.24235,232.72
Chester197,999.40268,956.26234,009.87202,777.96
Mold46,604.5748,145.8767,136.400
Swansea182,186.78213,549.28199,587.93177,590.17
Bristol213,888.24213,776.82209,010.69242,817.41
Exeter46,945.4339,512.7964,960.4965,923.56
Plymouth16,856.0517,628.5215,537.3418,527.92
Truro19,967.8719,647.5920,637.2614,123.77
Winchester255,824.13301,791.48325,776.83295,237.96
4,785,683.075,555,690.835,271.495.205,054,934.09