Statistical notice: Further breakdown of immigration and asylum tribunals
Source: data.gov.uk (2018-05-25)

Tribunals and Gender Recognition Statistics. The bulletin presents the latest statistics on type and volume of tribunal cases received, disposed of and outstanding and the number of Gender Recognition Certificates applied for and granted.  

The bulletin focuses on information on receipts (i.e. cases received by HMCTS), the outcome of cases by category (e.g. cases disposed of at hearing) and the caseload outstanding (snapshot of live cases at a specific point in time) for the three largest tribunals: Employment, Immigration and Asylum, and Social Security and Child Support. Additional data are available on timeliness, jurisdiction, Employment Tribunal fees, smaller tribunals, Employment Appeal Tribunal and regional receipts for the Employment Tribunal (management information). 

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* Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal annual statistics are published in September; these include information on representation of claimants, compensation and costs awarded in the Employment Tribunal for the financial year.
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In addition to monitoring tribunal workloads and timeliness, they are used to assist in the development, monitoring and evaluation of tribunal related policy in collaboration with other Government departments, e.g. DWP, BEIS and Home Office.

Statistical Notice 
Further breakdown of First-tier Tribunal 
Immigration and Asylum Chamber 
Appeals, 2016 
 
 
 
 
 
9 March 2016 
 
 
 
 
 

Background 
 
This ad-hoc statistical notice presents further breakdowns of already published 
information on the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber (FTTIAC) 
Appeals. The reason for this ad-hoc notice is so the data can be used in a court 
case. 
Further details on FTTIAC tribunals can be found in the Tribunals and Gender 
Recognition Certificate Statistics Quarterly, England and Wales, published alongside 
this statistical notice:  
www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-
statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2016 
Users should refer to the Tribunals and Gender Recognition Certificate Statistics 
Quarterly Bulletin and accompanying Guide (also available at the link above) for 
definitions of the terms used in this statistical notice.  
Table 1 in this statistical notice shows clearance times for Non-Suspensive appeals 
for the period November 14 to December 16.The timeframe used is from date of 
receipt in HMCTS to date of disposal in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and 
Asylum Chamber).The cohort includes all disposals types – determined by a judge 
(except if remitted from the Upper Tribunal); withdrawn by either party; dismissed at 
the Preliminary Issue stage as invalid or out-of-time (except where the PI decision 
has been set-aside); or struck-out for non-payment of the fee.  
Non-Suspensive appeals are defined as appeals where the Home Office/Secretary 
of State has certified that it is lawful to remove a person prior to any appeal right 
being exercised. Where an appeal has been certified as non-suspensive the appeal 
right must be exercised (or continued if certified after appeal lodged) after leaving the 
UK except where the Appellant is an EEA National when the appeal can be lodged 
while the Appellant is still in the UK prior to their removal.  
 
 
 
 

Table 1: Number of Non-Suspensive FTTIAC Appeal Decisions, by Cumulative 
% of Clearances by age of case at Clearance, and Mean1 Clearance Time, 
November 2014 to December 20162 
Financial 
Year and 
by month
25 % of cases 
cleared in x weeks 
or less
50 % of cases 
cleared in y 
weeks or less
(Median)
75 % of cases 
cleared in z 
weeks or less
2014/15
52
1
4
12
9
2015/16
780
5
11
22
14
2016/17
708
5
16
33
21
Nov-14
1
0
0
0
0
Dec-14
5
1
1
1
1
Jan-15
12
2
4
6
6
Feb-15
17
1
1
8
6
Mar-15
17
12
15
17
16
Apr-15
32
6
10
12
10
May-15
27
9
14
21
15
Jun-15
51
7
13
25
15
Jul-15
58
5
12
23
14
Aug-15
55
9
16
32
19
Sep-15
82
6
13
25
15
Oct-15
81
5
9
21
13
Nov-15
71
6
14
22
15
Dec-15
60
2
7
17
11
Jan-16
53
1
3
16
11
Feb-16
103
1
11
20
13
Mar-16
107
7
10
26
16
Apr-16
86
8
16
29
19
May-16
73
4
10
23
15
Jun-16
66
6
19
33
20
Jul-16
77
10
25
36
25
Aug-16
105
4
9
29
19
Sep-16
104
4
15
35
23
Oct-16
65
3
16
36
23
Nov-16
76
6
17
37
24
Dec-16
56
11
18
35
25
Disposals 
(Number of 
cases)
Cumulative Percentage of Clearance
Average 
Clearance Time 
in weeks
(Mean)
 
1 The average clearance time includes not only cases heard in the First-tier but also preliminary issues (where an 
appeal is found to be invalid before a hearing) and withdrawals/abandonments during the appeal process. 
2Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent 
in any large-scale case management system and is the best data that is available. 
 

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