ENTRY CLEARANCES: APPEALS
Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of cases refused by entry clearance officers were overturned on appeal in the last year for which data is available. [189923]
James Brokenshire, Minister for Security and Immigration [holding answer 4 March 2014]: Data on entry clearance refusals and appeals is published at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tables-for-immigration-statis...
The data in the annexed table relates to 2013.
In 2013 the proportion of cases allowed at appeal as a proportion of those refused is 4%. However it should be noted that not all entry clearance refusals attract a right of appeal nor do all applicants who are refused exercise their right to appeal.
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Annex A: Table of total number of entry clearance refusals and proportion of refusals allowed at appeal1, year: 2013 |
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Entry clearance refusals and proportion of refusals allowed at appeal1 |
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| Total number of Entry clearance visa applications refused | 345,271 |
| Total number of entry clearance visas allowed at appeal | 12,522 |
| Proportion of Entry clearance visas refused allowed at appeal (percentage) | 4 |
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1 Appeal outcomes in 2013 will not all relate to refusals in 2013. Some appeal outcomes will have received a decision outcome in 2012. |
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