Entry Clearances: Appeals

Mr. Carswell
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many family visitor visa appeals were (a) received and (b) upheld in each of the last six years.

Bridget Prentice
The number of family visitor visa appeals that were received and granted by an adjudicator/immigration judge in each of the last six years is shown in the following table:

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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |Appeal receipts|Appeals allowed|
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|2003-04                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |16,884         |17,275         |
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|2004-05                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |30,643         |112,384        |
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|2005-06                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |58,495         |12,793         |
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|2006-07                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |50,065         |24,638         |
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|2007-082                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |64,669         |21,755         |
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|April to December 20082                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |50,009         |16,143         |
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|1 Outcomes data were not published prior to April 2005. The allowed figures for 2003-04 and 2004-05 are estimates based on the distribution of outcomes from an alternative data source. 2 Data are provisional and subject to final reconciliation.|               |               |
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