OIA 2020-04
The number of ministerial intervention requests made in the last five years:
Year
Total number of ministerial
requests
2015
930
2016
1007
2017
1246
2018
1510
2019
1302
2020 (to 28 February 2020)
210
Total:
6205
Of the total number of ministerial requests, the total number of times the decision makers
chose to intervene is set out below:
Year
Total number of
Total number
Total number
requests where the
of requests
of requests
Minister of
where the
where the
Immigration/Associate
Delegated
decision maker
Minister of
Decision
has chosen to
Immigration have
Makers* have
intervene
chosen to intervene
chosen to
intervene
2015
157
101
258
2016
175
116
291
2017
254
146
400
2018
384
231
615
2019
366
273
639
2020 (to 28 February
56
44
100
2020)
Total:
1392
911
2303
*The Delegated Decision Makers (DDM) are senior immigration officials (delegated certain
powers and functions by the Minister under the Immigration Act 2009) who the Minister of
Immigration or the Associate Minister of Immigration can refer certain ministerial intervention
decisions to, in order for the DDM to make on behalf of the Minister or Associate Minister.