Hansard

Immigration Controls

Volume 504: debated on Wednesday 27 January 2010

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Philip Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions immigration judges have overturned a decision on an application made under each tier of the points-based immigration system since the implementation of that system. (312880)

Mr. Woolas

There is no right of appeal to an immigration judge for applications refused out of country.

The information for in country appeals is as follows:

Number of appeals allowed under each tier of PBS: 29 February 2008 - 31 December 20091

2008

2009

Tier

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Q3

1

2—

5

45

305

1125

1985

1480

2

n/a

n/a

n/a

—

2—

45

100

3

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

4

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

2—

130

5

n/a

n/a

n/a

—

—

2—

2—

n/a = Not applicable as tier had not been introduced.

1 For in-country applications only. Outside the UK a refusal of entry clearance under PBS does not attract a full right of appeal.

2 1 or 2.

Notes:

1. All figures rounded to nearest 5.

2. All figures quoted are provisional and derived from internal management information. The information has not been quality assured through National Statistics protocols