Annex C
STATISTICS FOR
THE PERIOD
OCTOBER 2003-SEPTEMBER
2004
From Oct 2003-Sept 2004 there were 29,947 decisions
on applications made for permission to appeal to the IAT. Of these,
9,852 (33%) were allowed to go to a full hearing, 67% were dismissed
and less than 1% were withdrawn. [30]
In the period October 2003-September 2004 there
were 10,054 decisions on substantive appeals at the IAT. The difference
between this number and the 9,852 given permission for a full
hearing is due to the IAT processing a backlog of cases. [31]
Of the 10,054 decisions, 14% (1,407 cases) were
allowed outright, 34% were dismissed outright and 8% were withdrawn.
The remaining 44% (4,424 cases) were remitted to the adjudicators
for reconsideration.
As Annex B sets out, based on a sample
of remitted cases it was found that in no more than one quarter
of the cases does the adjudicator reach a decision that was different
to the one reached the first time around. This quarter have succeeded,
as they have reversed the original decision.
Using this proportion of one quarter, of the
4,424 remitted cases only 1,106 cases were ultimately successful.
OVERALL SUCCESS
RATE
If you add the 1,407 cases that were allowed
outright to the estimated 1,106 cases that achieved a different
decision after remittal you find that in 2,513 of the cases the
appellant can be said to have succeeded. Therefore, of the 9,852
cases granted permission to appeal 2,513 were successful—so
25.5% were successful.
To find the overall success rate for cases in
which permission to appeal is sought, we need to combine the two
rates. So if 33% of cases go to a full hearing and 25.5% are successful
then the overall success rate is 8.25% (25% of 33%). This represents
a continued success rate of below one in 10.
30 These statistics are taken from the IAA information
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31
Because of the time taken to process appeals we cannot follow
the same group of cases through to the end of the process. Instead
we have to look at a snapshot of the cases at each stage of the
process in a specific period. However, the proportions at each
stage of the process are consistent over time, making this a valid
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