Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2016 to Question 50355 on asylum: Appeals, what estimate her Department has made of the average cost to the public purse of an asylum appeal, including all corporate overheads in the (a) First-tier and (b) Upper-tier Tribunal in the last 12 months.

The First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chambers) are administered by HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS). HMCTS has estimated the average unit cost of an asylum appeal in the First-tier including all corporate overhead as £1840 in financial year 2015/16. The average unit cost of any appeal to the Upper Tribunal including all corporate overhead is estimated as £3443 in financial year 2015/16.

Cost estimates provided are the latest available.