We recommend that the Government report progress on clearing the asylum backlog to us on a quarterly basis (30 September, 31 December, 30 March and 30 June). The progress reports should include data on: a) the number of pending claims in the backlog (both that to 28 June 2022 and to the nearest available date) including average decision waiting times; b) how recruitment targets for new asylum decision makers are being met, including retention and attrition rates of current staff; and c) what ...

We recommend that the Government report progress on clearing the asylum backlog to us on a quarterly basis (30 September, 31 December, 30 March and 30 June). The progress reports should include data on: a) the number of pending claims in the backlog (both that to 28 June 2022 and to the nearest available date) including average decision waiting times; b) how recruitment targets for new asylum decision makers are being met, including retention and attrition rates of current staff; and c) what progress is being made against targets to triple the number of weekly asylum decisions, including the number of decisions made each week. (Paragraph 56) Type: recommendation | Number: 10 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’ – available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration- statistics-quarterly-. See Annex A for release Data on the total initial decision ba