Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost to the public purse was of an appeal determined by the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) in (a) 2025 and (b) 2026.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the additional number of (a) judges and (b) sitting days for the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) required as a r

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time was from lodging to determination of an appeal in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) broken down by (a) protectio

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for entry clearance were granted on Article 8 grounds outside the Immigration Rules in each of the last three years; and ho

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to lay the changes to the Immigration Rules setting out how sponsor human rights claims are to be made; and whether they will be l

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what checks of a sponsor’s criminal record and history of domestic abuse, stalking, sexual offending or forced marriage are made before a sponsor

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grants of leave were made on the basis of Article 3 of the ECHR on medical grounds in each of the last three years; and what assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what definition of “partner” will be used by her Department for the purposes of new section 117AA of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum or human rights claims were made in 2025 by people after a date for their removal had been set; and how many of those claims were

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times in 2025 she gave consent under section 85(5) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 for the Tribunal to consider a ne