Written question asked by Baroness Hoey (Labour) on Friday, 7 December 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 11 December 2007. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Monday, 17 December 2007 on behalf of the Home Office.

Case Resolution Directorate

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases the Case Resolution Directorate is dealing with; and how many of these have been brought by residents in Vauxhall constituency.

Answer: In his statement on 19 July 2006, my right hon. Friend the previous Home Secretary advised that the Border and Immigration Agency would resolve its backlog of electronic and paper records relating to unresolved asylum cases in five years or less. The chief executive of the Border and Immigration Agency has given an undertaking to update the Home Affairs Committee before the end of December and this will include information on the progress of this work up to the present time.

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