Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average duration was of the appeal procedure against first instance decisions on asylum applications in the latest period for which figures are available.

The average clearance time for asylum appeals in the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber, measured from receipt to disposal, was 40 weeks in the period July – September 2020.

This includes Asylum, Protection and Revocation of Protection appeals.

Published statistics can be found at:

www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2020 and

www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmcts-management-information

Quarterly Tribunal Statistics for October – December 2020 will be published on 11 March 2021.