To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if information given to an entry clearance officer during an informal assessment of a visitor's visa application is retained and used in a later fresh application by the same applicant.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if information given to an entry clearance officer during an informal assessment of a visitor's visa application is retained and used in a later fresh application by the same applicant.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the nature of the reduction in the amount of paperwork required from applicants for entry clearance at Islamabad.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the nature of the reduction in the amount of paperwork required from applicants for entry clearance at Islamabad.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average morning peak waiting time is for non-EU passengers waiting to clear immigration at Gatwick airport. - Includes fact that information requested is not available.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average morning peak waiting time is for non-EU passengers waiting to clear immigration at Gatwick airport. - Includes fact that information requested is not available.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers entered at each port of entry in the latest available year. - Includes table.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers entered at each port of entry in the latest available year. - Includes table.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what procedures are in place for an applicant to challenge the contents of an entry clearance officer's notes taken during an informal assessment of the prospects of the award of a visitor visa on the grounds of the applicant's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what procedures are in place for an applicant to challenge the contents of an entry clearance officer's notes taken during an informal assessment of the prospects of the award of a visitor visa on the grounds of the applicant's...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the remit of the NASS Performance Monitoring Inspection Team; how many inspectors it employs; and what are the performance targets against which its performance is measured; what procedures are in place to investigate complaints of sub-standard accommodation from...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the remit of the NASS Performance Monitoring Inspection Team; how many inspectors it employs; and what are the performance targets against which its performance is measured; what procedures are in place to investigate complaints of sub-standard accommodation from...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Immigration and Nationality Department will complete consideration of the case relating to the wife of Mr G. A. Officer, a constituent.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Immigration and Nationality Department will complete consideration of the case relating to the wife of Mr G. A. Officer, a constituent.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will provide a breakdown, by entry clearance post, of the number of family visit visa refusals in relation to which (a) an appeal was received, (b) a refusal was overturned by an entry clearance manager after receipt...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will provide a breakdown, by entry clearance post, of the number of family visit visa refusals in relation to which (a) an appeal was received, (b) a refusal was overturned by an entry clearance manager after receipt...

How many people who applied for asylum before 1 July 1996 and between 1 July 1996 and 31 December 1998 have not yet had a decision. [HL 1973]. - Inc fact that the information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost, ref to http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html and...

How many people who applied for asylum before 1 July 1996 and between 1 July 1996 and 31 December 1998 have not yet had a decision. [HL 1973]. - Inc fact that the information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost, ref to http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html and...

Whether, and if so why, they consider that the Race Relations (Immigration and Asylum) Authorisation 2001, in providing that information need not be made available to asylum applicants in a language which they understand, is compatible with the United Kingdom's obligations to provide a hearing for such applicants under the...

Whether, and if so why, they consider that the Race Relations (Immigration and Asylum) Authorisation 2001, in providing that information need not be made available to asylum applicants in a language which they understand, is compatible with the United Kingdom's obligations to provide a hearing for such applicants under the...

Further to the Written Answer by Lord Bassam of Brighton on 1 May (624 c258-9WA), whether they consider that discrimination on grounds of ethnic origin in the examination of passengers and in the granting of leave to enter into the United Kingdom as permitted in the Race Relations (Immigration and...

Further to the Written Answer by Lord Bassam of Brighton on 1 May (624 c258-9WA), whether they consider that discrimination on grounds of ethnic origin in the examination of passengers and in the granting of leave to enter into the United Kingdom as permitted in the Race Relations (Immigration and...

Further to the Written Answer by Lord Bassam of Brighton on 1 May (624 c258-9WA), how they and the Immigration Service will define and identify a member of (a) Roma (b) "Tamil" for the purpose of the authorisation permitting the Immigration Service to discriminate against members of this ethnic group;...

Further to the Written Answer by Lord Bassam of Brighton on 1 May (624 c258-9WA), how they and the Immigration Service will define and identify a member of (a) Roma (b) "Tamil" for the purpose of the authorisation permitting the Immigration Service to discriminate against members of this ethnic group;...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of (a) oral and (b) paper-only family visitor appeals received by the Immigration Appellate Authority in April. - Figures given.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of (a) oral and (b) paper-only family visitor appeals received by the Immigration Appellate Authority in April. - Figures given.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the total amount of funding provided by the Legal Services Commission is in respect of family visitor appeals since (a) 2nd October 2000 and (b) 1st February; in how many cases the Legal Services Commission has funded legal representation at the...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what the total amount of funding provided by the Legal Services Commission is in respect of family visitor appeals since (a) 2nd October 2000 and (b) 1st February; in how many cases the Legal Services Commission has funded legal representation at the...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of family visitor appeals (a) determined, (b) allowed and (c) dismissed by the Immigration Appellate Authority (i) at an oral hearing and (ii) on the papers only, in April. - Table given.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of family visitor appeals (a) determined, (b) allowed and (c) dismissed by the Immigration Appellate Authority (i) at an oral hearing and (ii) on the papers only, in April. - Table given.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what proportion of family visitor appeals determined (a) at an oral hearing and (b) on the papers only, since 2nd October 2000, have been allowed. - Figures given.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what proportion of family visitor appeals determined (a) at an oral hearing and (b) on the papers only, since 2nd October 2000, have been allowed. - Figures given.