Recommendation 20

Planning across the asylum system has had to respond to shifting pressures at different stages of the process, and departments’ ability to model demand and plan ahead has been limited by the absence of shared data and a single, end-to-end view of system performance.47 Capacity constraints in casework, appeals, legal aid and accommodation have historically led to delays in cases moving between parts of the system, as well as increased accommodation and support costs. While increases in Home Office decision-making capacity have also not always been aligned with wider resourcing decisions across the tribunal system, and we are concerned the MoJ had not demonstrated how competing pressures are being balanced.48