Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the estimated annual cost is of operating the immigration tribunal system, by (a) legal aid, (b) judges and (c) administrative support.

The final budgets relating to the work of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber (IAC) tribunals in the 2024/25 financial year were:

• £54.2 million for legal aid;
• £53.5 million for the costs of the judiciary;
• £31.4 million for staffing and other administrative costs.