The work of the UK Border Agency (December 2011-March 2012) - Home Affairs Committee Contents


Key figures

  • 3,900 foreign national offenders in total are living in the community as of 4 April whilst the Agency tries to deport them
  • 74 days was the average length of time it took to remove a foreign national offender in 2011 after their sentence came to an end
  • 101,500 cases were in the controlled archive on the 31 March
  • 59% of the original asylum legacy cases resolved to date were given leave to remain
  • 59% of new asylum applications received an initial decision within 30 days in 2010/11
  • 63% of asylum claims were concluded within one year in 2011/12
  • 50% of the visas issued in 2011 were student visas (excluding visitor visas)
  • £7.9bn was the value of the UK's share in the international higher education market, in 2009
  • 100% of Tier 1, 2 and 5 visa applications were processed within 12 weeks in Q1 2012
  • 142% - increase in the Agency's family-related immigration casework between February and March 2012
  • Only 84% of tribunal hearings had a UKBA representative present in Q4 2011
  • 41% of family visit hearings were won by the Agency in Q4 2011 and 32% were lost
  • 40% of post-licence visits to Tier 2 sponsors were unannounced between December 2011 and March 2012
  • 37% of post-licence visits to Tier 4 sponsors were unannounced between December 2011 and March 2012
  • 31% of non-compliance notices from Tier 2 sponsors were acted on between December 2011 and March 2012
  • 69% of all Tier 4 sponsor notifications issued between December 2011 and March 2012 had been investigated by June
  • 25,600 allegations of immigration violations were received from the public between 9 December 2011 and the 29 March 2012. 98% of these were assessed within 48 hours
  • £1,089m - the Agency's budget for 2012/13
  • 12,835 - number of FTE staff employed by the Agency in May 2012, reduced from 14, 431 in May 2011



 
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