Asked by: Lord Ahmed (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the speed at which cases are handled in immigration and asylum tribunals in England and Wales.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)
The average waiting times for immigration and asylum appeals in 2015/16 was 34 weeks.
As at 30 September 2016 there were 57,290 registered appeals awaiting hearing. This figure is based on internal management information which is not subject to the same rigorous verification processes as published data.
We do everything we can to avoid unnecessary delay in the Immigration & Asylum Tribunal and we have provided an additional 4,950 tribunal sitting days for this financial year to ensure current caseloads continue to decrease. We are keeping performance under close review.
Asked by: Lord Ahmed (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many cases are awaiting appeal hearings at immigration and asylum tribunals in England and Wales.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)
The average waiting times for immigration and asylum appeals in 2015/16 was 34 weeks.
As at 30 September 2016 there were 57,290 registered appeals awaiting hearing. This figure is based on internal management information which is not subject to the same rigorous verification processes as published data.
We do everything we can to avoid unnecessary delay in the Immigration & Asylum Tribunal and we have provided an additional 4,950 tribunal sitting days for this financial year to ensure current caseloads continue to decrease. We are keeping performance under close review.
Asked by: Lord Ahmed (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average time taken for immigration and asylum tribunals to process and hear cases.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)
The average waiting times for immigration and asylum appeals in 2015/16 was 34 weeks.
As at 30 September 2016 there were 57,290 registered appeals awaiting hearing. This figure is based on internal management information which is not subject to the same rigorous verification processes as published data.
We do everything we can to avoid unnecessary delay in the Immigration & Asylum Tribunal and we have provided an additional 4,950 tribunal sitting days for this financial year to ensure current caseloads continue to decrease. We are keeping performance under close review.
Asked by: Lord Ahmed (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the current total number of prisoners in HM Prison Service; and how that number is broken down by faith category.
Answered by Lord Faulks
Religion is self-declared and prisoners are under no obligation to declare their religion. Statistics on the prison population by religion in England and Wales are published quarterly and the latest available information can be found within table 1.5 of the ‘Offender Management Statistics Quarterly, Prison Population 31 December 2015’. The latest information is provided below.
Table 1: Prison population by religion, as at 31 December 2015, England and Wales |
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Males and females | 84,968 |
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All Christian | 42,063 |
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Anglican | 15,835 |
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Free Church | 848 |
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Roman Catholic | 15,197 |
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Other Christian(1) | 10,183 |
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Muslim | 12,328 |
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Hindu | 438 |
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Sikh | 705 |
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Buddhist | 1,543 |
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Jewish | 398 |
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Other religious group(1) | 1,383 |
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Non recognised | 11 |
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No religion | 26,007 |
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Not recorded | 92 |
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(1) On 30 June 2015, 350 prisoners who were previously recorded in the other religious group will now be included in the other Christian category. More detailed information on religion in prison population data and improvement of classifications has allowed the identification of these prisoners. |
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These figures have been drawn from IT systems which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. |
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