Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 21
21
There is also no systematic approach for capturing learning from upheld appeals, which could otherwise...
Conclusion
There is also no systematic approach for capturing learning from upheld appeals, which could otherwise help reduce avoidable demand and unnecessary pressure on the appeals system.49 These issues have been intensified by pressures on the legal aid system, which the MoJ highlighted, noting that more individuals are now representing themselves and that this requires additional support from tribunal staff.50 The MoJ told us it had recruited “61 fee-paid judges and 25 salaried judges,” 43 Q 61 44 Qq 66-69 45 Qq 71-72 46 Qq 63-71; Letter from the Second Permanent Secretary of the Home Office relating to the inquiry into the asylum system, dated 6 February 2026 47 C&AG’s Report, paras 2.27-2.33, Figure 6 48 C&AG’s Report, paras 2.27-2.34 49 C&AG’s Report, para 2.8 50 Q 77; C&AG’s Report, Figure 6 16 with further recruitment rounds under way, and that HMCTS was “expanding remote-hearing capacity,” making greater use of float lists, and authorising retired judges and judges from other chambers to sit in asylum cases.51