Ms Oonagh McPhillips:

We had 294 staff as of 18 May. We previously had 299 staff. The number dropped to 294 but it may increase to 302.

I will speak about appeals, because the appeals tribunal is a key element of this. It also has an increase in resources this year. The tribunal was resourced for a certain level of caseload and we are monitoring the impact of decision-making in the International Protection Office, IPO, on the International Protection Appeals Tribunal, IPAT, on an ongoing basis. We are resourcing IPAT to be able to step up its operations, which is a key element of the system. Its numbers are increasing and the panel numbers, that is, those who make the decisions in the IPAT, are increasing.