Entry Clearances: Pakistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many appeals there were against the refusal of an application for a visit visa from a Pakistani national in each year between 2004 and 2008; what the cost to the public purse was of such appeals; and how many such appeals resulted in an application being granted. (304762)

[holding answer 7 December 2009]: Only family visits carry full rights of appeal. The information requested is in the following table:

	Family visit visa refusals	Appeals	Allowed appeals
2004	7,256	8,090	3,556
2005	26,359	14,495	5,026
2006	29,197	23,348	7,315
2007	31,903	27,740	9,386
2008	24,076	26,379	10,540
Notes: 1. These data are unpublished and should be treated as provisional. 2. There is only a full right of appeal against the refusal of family visit visas.

Volume 502: debated on Monday 14 December 2009