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- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Is there a target to reduce that further - that median time?
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Sorry, the target is?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Okay, 1,400 per month. I refer to the median time for processing applications. I presume that is from beginning to end.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: What I am trying to understand is if this is beginning to end median time? I understand some of it will be very long, and some very short but are we talking about-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: That is before you go to any appeal?
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: The Department has a target that was five months in 2023. That was the figure it gave - the median processing time for appeals. It was down from 15 months at the start of 2022 to five months in 2023. That is what the briefing note says. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: I know it is the median but it is an extraordinary length of time. How many are over three years? The figure that is given is that 92% of cases are decided-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: -----in less than three years. What does the 8% represent? Are we talking about around 1,000?
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: There are over 40 cases that are going on nine years old now.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: So 48 are nine years old.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Sorry, I just want to dwell on this for a second. What is the main problem there?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: It is an executive area.
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: With regard to some of those 48 cases, would it be the case that there are some of those who are unco-operative?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: The 48 cases are in direct provision, and they have not had a first decision yet. These have not even gone near appeal yet.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: That is right. That is my next question. What is being done?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Are those 48 being actively examined to see how they-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: That is an extraordinary level-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: I think any reasonable person would say that it is nine years, and the first decision has not been made yet, so you should have the information to show that either they may have an entitlement to it or they have not got it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: That is one case.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
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Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: How many are over five years waiting for a first decision?