Immigration: Appeals
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of immigration appeals have been pending for more than 12 months.
Answered by Sarah Sackman
The percentage of open appeals pending before the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) for more than 12 months, as at 31 December 2024 can be found in the table below:
No. of cases pending more than 12 months | Overall Open Caseload | % of Overall Open Caseload |
14,554 | 74,969 | 19% |
This government inherited a broken justice system with record and rising court backlogs. The Lord Chancellor recently announced that for 2025-26, the Ministry of Justice will provide a total budget of £2,538 million. For the Immigration and Asylum Chamber this will mean funding to support 14,400 sitting days. We expect to be able to increase this substantially with additional funding from the Home Office, taking it to near maximum capacity and helping to speed up asylum claims. This builds on the Government’s work to restore order to the immigration system so that every part – border security, case processing, appeals and returns – operates efficiently.
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