The work of the Immigration Directorates (January - June 2014) - Home Affairs Committee Contents


8  Border Agency Backlogs

No. of cases

Q1 2013
No. of cases

Q2 2013
No. of cases

Q3 2013
No. of cases

Q4 2013
No. of cases

Q1 2014
No. of cases

Q2 2014
Difference from a year ago
% change
Live asylum cohort
32,600
31,407
29,986
28,391
25,876
23,974[82]
-7,433
-24%
Live immigration cases
7,500
7,242
6,824
6,450
6,437
5,808[83]
-1,434
-20%
FNOs living in the community
4,002
4,066
4,169
4,153
4,247
4,428[84]
362
9%
Migration refusal pool
182,500
194,000
182,251
179,932
175,839
173,562[85]
-20,438
-11%
No of cases still to be loaded on CID
10,086
3,143
9,490
24,845
2,928
3,255[86]
112
4%
Temporary and permanent migration pool
176,503
134,572
131,515
88,398
85,436
93,195[87]
-41,377
-31%
Total
413,191
374,430
364,235
332,169
300,763
304,222
-70,208
-19%

78. In the last six quarters there has been a reduction in the total number of cases to be loaded onto to the CID. There has also been a notable reduction in the Temporary and Permanent Migration Pool. However, the backlog total is over 304,000. The biggest contributor to the total backlog remains the Migration Refusal Pool. The Home Office has contracted Capita to address this backlog, and Capita has found many duplicate cases and identified where people have left the country. The total is being reduced, but very slowly, and if it was reduced at the current rate of 70,000 a year it would take over four years to remove. That does presume it carried on being reduced. Alarmingly, the Migration Refusal Pool actually increased from Q1 to Q2 in 2014. We repeat our previous recommendations that these backlogs must be cleared as a priority.


82   Migration Transparency Data Table OLCU_1: Status of the OLCU 41k Cohort of pre-March 2007 Back

83   Migration Transparency Data Table OLCU_1: Status of the OLCU 41k Cohort of pre-March 2007 Back

84   Migration Transparency Data Table FNO_9: Breakdown of FNOs living in the community cases by length of time since release Back

85   Migration Transparency Data Table MRP_1: Number of records in the Migration Refusal Pool at the end of each quarter Back

86   Migration Transparency Data Table InC3: Temporary Migration Work-In-Progress and Outstanding Not Input, and Table InC4: Permanent Migration Work-In-Progress and Outstanding Not Input Back

87   Migration Transparency Data Table InC3: Temporary Migration Work-In-Progress and Outstanding Not Input, and Table InC4: Permanent Migration Work-In-Progress and Outstanding Not Input Back


 
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