Total legal aid expenditure on immigration and aysulm appeals in the First-tier and Upper Tribunals is set out in the table below.

The number of certificates opened for immigration and asylum appeals is set out in the table below.

Due to the way in which data is recorded on Legal Aid Systems it is not possible to disaggregate number of Controlled Work matter starts for immigration and asylum appeals before the First-tier and Upper Tribunals from other Controlled Work matter starts in the immigration and asylum category.

Legal aid for immigration and asylum cases is primarily provided as Controlled Work. Controlled Work covers the provision of legal advice and representation before the First-tier Tribunal and certain work before the Upper Tribunal.

Total legal aid expenditure on immigration and aysulm appeals in the First-tier and Upper Tribunals is set out in the table below.

The number of certificates opened for immigration and asylum appeals is set out in the table below.

Due to the way in which data is recorded on Legal Aid Systems it is not possible to disaggregate number of Controlled Work matter starts for immigration and asylum appeals before the First-tier and Upper Tribunals from other Controlled Work matter starts in the immigration and asylum category.

Legal aid for immigration and asylum cases is primarily provided as Controlled Work. Controlled Work covers the provision of legal advice and representation before the First-tier Tribunal and certain work before the Upper Tribunal.

HM Courts and Tribunals Services’ operational expenditure in each of the relevant tribunals over the last five financial years is as below:

Figures are in £m and reflect direct operational spend in each tribunal, including staff, judicial, and relevant other costs. They do not include estates or digital overheads.

The figures for the Employment Tribunal include expenditure relating to the Employment Appeal Tribunal.

Figures for 2025-26 are provisional pending the final publication of HMCTS’ Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year and may be subject to change.

Available data in relation to the number of appeals listed in FtTIAC for financial years 2021/22 – 2024/25 is set out in the table below. This data is based on cases recorded on ARIA, the legacy case management system. Since 2019 the Tribunal has been transitioning to a new case management system, CCD. Work is ongoing to amalgamate data from the legacy and new systems, but the data engineering and validation is not yet complete, so data covering all cases is not currently held centrally and available for reporting and analysis. The rollout of CCD means that a falling proportion of cases are now held on ARIA. During FY 2024/25 it is estimated to include only around 10% of these cases. Therefore, caution should be taken when making comparisons between years.

*ARIA data

The information requested on hearings where the Home Department did not appear and was not legally represented is not held centrally.

The information requested on hearings where the Home Department did not appear and was not legally represented which was then subsequently allowed, is not held centrally.

Available data in relation to the number of appeals listed in FtTIAC for financial years 2021/22 – 2024/25 is set out in the table below. This data is based on cases recorded on ARIA, the legacy case management system. Since 2019 the Tribunal has been transitioning to a new case management system, CCD. Work is ongoing to amalgamate data from the legacy and new systems, but the data engineering and validation is not yet complete, so data covering all cases is not currently held centrally and available for reporting and analysis. The rollout of CCD means that a falling proportion of cases are now held on ARIA. During FY 2024/25 it is estimated to include only around 10% of these cases. Therefore, caution should be taken when making comparisons between years.

*ARIA data

The information requested on hearings where the Home Department did not appear and was not legally represented is not held centrally.

The information requested on hearings where the Home Department did not appear and was not legally represented which was then subsequently allowed, is not held centrally.

Available data in relation to the number of appeals listed in FtTIAC for financial years 2021/22 – 2024/25 is set out in the table below. This data is based on cases recorded on ARIA, the legacy case management system. Since 2019 the Tribunal has been transitioning to a new case management system, CCD. Work is ongoing to amalgamate data from the legacy and new systems, but the data engineering and validation is not yet complete, so data covering all cases is not currently held centrally and available for reporting and analysis. The rollout of CCD means that a falling proportion of cases are now held on ARIA. During FY 2024/25 it is estimated to include only around 10% of these cases. Therefore, caution should be taken when making comparisons between years.

*ARIA data

The information requested on hearings where the Home Department did not appear and was not legally represented is not held centrally.

The information requested on hearings where the Home Department did not appear and was not legally represented which was then subsequently allowed, is not held centrally.

Published data on the number of adjournments within the previous case management system (ARIA) is available for the period 2021/2022 to 2024/2025 within the MOJ quarterly statistics.

Tribunals statistics quarterly: January to March 2025 - GOV.UK

Available data in relation to the number of cases adjourned on more than one occasion is set out in the table below. This data is based on cases recorded on ARIA, the legacy case management system. Since 2019 the Tribunal has been transitioning to a new case management system, CCD. Work is ongoing to amalgamate data from the legacy and new systems, but the data validation is not yet complete, so data covering all cases is not currently held centrally and available for reporting and analysis. Therefore, caution should be taken when making comparisons between years.

*ARIA data only

Available data in relation to the initiating party of an adjournment is set out in the table below. This data is based on cases recorded on ARIA, the legacy case management system. Since 2019 the Tribunal has been transitioning to a new case management system, CCD. Work is ongoing to amalgamate data from the legacy and new systems, but the data engineering and validation is not yet complete, so data covering all cases is not currently held centrally and available for reporting and analysis. The rollout of CCD means that a falling proportion of cases are now held on ARIA. During FY 2024/25 it is estimated to include only around 10% of these cases. Therefore, caution should be taken when making comparisons between years.

First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) - Adjournments by initiating party for the period 2021-2025¹

*Aria data only

Published data on the number of adjournments within the previous case management system (ARIA) is available for the period 2021/2022 to 2024/2025 within the MOJ quarterly statistics.

Tribunals statistics quarterly: January to March 2025 - GOV.UK

Available data in relation to the number of cases adjourned on more than one occasion is set out in the table below. This data is based on cases recorded on ARIA, the legacy case management system. Since 2019 the Tribunal has been transitioning to a new case management system, CCD. Work is ongoing to amalgamate data from the legacy and new systems, but the data validation is not yet complete, so data covering all cases is not currently held centrally and available for reporting and analysis. Therefore, caution should be taken when making comparisons between years.

*ARIA data only

Available data in relation to the initiating party of an adjournment is set out in the table below. This data is based on cases recorded on ARIA, the legacy case management system. Since 2019 the Tribunal has been transitioning to a new case management system, CCD. Work is ongoing to amalgamate data from the legacy and new systems, but the data engineering and validation is not yet complete, so data covering all cases is not currently held centrally and available for reporting and analysis. The rollout of CCD means that a falling proportion of cases are now held on ARIA. During FY 2024/25 it is estimated to include only around 10% of these cases. Therefore, caution should be taken when making comparisons between years.

First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) - Adjournments by initiating party for the period 2021-2025¹

*Aria data only

Published data on the number of adjournments within the previous case management system (ARIA) is available for the period 2021/2022 to 2024/2025 within the MOJ quarterly statistics.

Tribunals statistics quarterly: January to March 2025 - GOV.UK

Available data in relation to the number of cases adjourned on more than one occasion is set out in the table below. This data is based on cases recorded on ARIA, the legacy case management system. Since 2019 the Tribunal has been transitioning to a new case management system, CCD. Work is ongoing to amalgamate data from the legacy and new systems, but the data validation is not yet complete, so data covering all cases is not currently held centrally and available for reporting and analysis. Therefore, caution should be taken when making comparisons between years.

*ARIA data only

Available data in relation to the initiating party of an adjournment is set out in the table below. This data is based on cases recorded on ARIA, the legacy case management system. Since 2019 the Tribunal has been transitioning to a new case management system, CCD. Work is ongoing to amalgamate data from the legacy and new systems, but the data engineering and validation is not yet complete, so data covering all cases is not currently held centrally and available for reporting and analysis. The rollout of CCD means that a falling proportion of cases are now held on ARIA. During FY 2024/25 it is estimated to include only around 10% of these cases. Therefore, caution should be taken when making comparisons between years.

First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) - Adjournments by initiating party for the period 2021-2025¹

*Aria data only

The information requested is not held centrally.

The information requested is not held centrally.

The information requested is not held centrally.

The information requested is not held centrally.

The information requested is not held centrally.

The information requested is not held centrally.

The Ministry of Justice holds some, but not all, of the information requested. The information available for the most recent full financial year is set out below.

Interpretation spend in the Immigration and Asylum Chamber (asylum claim appeals) for FY25/26 was as follows:

We take the security of people’s personal data extremely seriously.

We are working hard to identify those whose data may have been stolen by the criminal attackers. Given the scale of the services the LAA delivers, the timespan of the data involved, and the fragmented, unstructured, and incomplete way that data is stored on our systems, this is a complicated and challenging task. In many cases the identification of specific individuals may not be possible.

The MoJ and the LAA have been working urgently to assess who may have had their data breached. We anticipate being in a better position to outline how many people were potentially impacted by the cyber-attack later this month.

We identified a breach on 23 April 2025 and took immediate action to tell legal aid providers as the evidence available at the time suggested they were the impacted cohort. At this time there was no clear evidence that data relating to legal aid recipients had been accessed.

On Friday 16 May, we discovered the attack was more extensive than originally understood and that the criminal group behind it had accessed a large amount of information relating to legal aid applicants.

To ensure transparency about the cyber-attack and that we reached as many potentially impacted individuals as possible, the MoJ published a notice at 08:15 on 19 May on GOV.UK. A public statement was considered a necessary and effective means of notifying any potentially impacted individuals given the scale of the attack, and the inherent risks associated with historic data.

The notice provided information about the cyber-attack and directed concerned members of the public to the National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC) webpage, which contained information on how to protect against the impact of a data breach.

The LAA also set up dedicated Customer Services support via a telephone line and email for providers and clients who had concerns regarding the data breach, in line with NCSC guidance. Throughout this timeframe, we were in regular contact with providers to give them updates as soon as we could.

The published statement referred to above clarifies that the compromised data may have included contact details and addresses of applicants, their dates of birth, national ID numbers, criminal history, employment status and financial data such as contribution amounts, debts and payments. In some instances, information about the partners of legal aid applicants may be included in the compromised data. As far as we are aware, no data has been shared or put out in the public domain.

Relevant law enforcement agencies continue to monitor for this, including the “dark web”. An injunction has been put in place to prohibit the unlawful use, disclosure, publication or communication of this data. Anyone who does so could be sent to prison. If it is identified that a specific individual is at risk, such as a domestic abuse survivor, action will be taken to try to contact them, working closely with the relevant authorities. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is aware of our current approach to notifying individuals and that we continue to assess the situation as further information becomes available.

The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Information about the number of distinct provider offices completing at least one case in the First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum) in each financial year since 2020 can be found in the table below:

Legal aid for immigration and asylum services, including proceedings before the First Tier Tribunal is subject to both a legal merits test and an assessment of the individual’s financial circumstances.

Legal aid expenditure in respect of cases before the First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum) broken down by ethnicity is set out in the annexed table. Data is self-reported to the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) by applicants or their legal aid solicitor, it is not verified by the LAA. It is not mandatory for applicants to complete the Equality and Diversity section of an application. Where this has been left blank ethnicity is recorded as ‘unknown’.

Legal aid funding is not paid directly to the individual in receipt of legal aid. Legal aid is only paid to legal providers for the provision of legal advice and representation. Data in the annexed table therefore reflects expenditure relating to bills submitted by legal aid providers.

Information relating to nationality of applicants is not centrally held.