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1469643

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date	13/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of passport applications submitted to HM Passport Office were processed in (a) less than four, (b) less than six, (c) less than ten and (d) more than ten weeks in each month since January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	17113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>Since April 2021, people have been advised to allow up to ten weeks when applying for their British passport as more than 5 million people delayed applying due to the pandemic.</p><p>Between March and May, 98.5% of UK applications processed were completed within ten weeks, and 91% in six weeks..</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/06/2022 15:29:40 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1469664

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken is for UK Visas and Immigration to process a visa application.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	16837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>UKVI offers a range of service levels for applications which include Standard service (15 working days), Priority service (5 working days), and Super Priority service (next day) after a customer has provided their biometrics.</p><p> </p><p>UKVI made a decision to prioritise the Ukraine Schemes following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Resources are now being returned to focus on visa routes impacted by these prioritisation decisions which will reduce average processing times in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to prioritise any urgent compelling or compassionate cases across all workstreams and are working to reduce the current processing times as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>For Standard applications lodged outside the UK, the current average processing time is as follows:</p><ul><li>Visitors – <strong>6 weeks</strong></li><li>Students – <strong>5 weeks</strong></li><li>Work – <strong>5 weeks</strong></li><li>Joining Family – <strong>up to 24 weeks</strong></li></ul><p>Further information can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visa-decision-waiting-times-applications-outside-the-uk" target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times: applications outside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> and this is regularly updated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For Standard applications lodged inside the UK, the current average processing times are not published though all routes are currently within the published service standards which are:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Switching/Extending a Student, Family, Ancestry, Work, Visitor, or Graduate Visa – <strong>8 weeks</strong></li><li>Switching/Extending a Hong Kong British National (Overseas) Visa – <strong>12 weeks</strong></li><li>Applying for Settlement - <strong>within 6 months</strong></li></ul><p> </p><p>Further information is published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visa-decision-waiting-times-applications-inside-the-uk#priority-services--get-a-faster-decision" target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/06/2022 16:24:18 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1469666

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of cases initiated with the Passport Office were resolved within (a) two weeks, (b) four weeks, (c) eight weeks, (d) 12 weeks and (e) more than 12 weeks in each year between 2018 and 2022.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	16838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>Since April 2021, people have been advised to allow up to ten weeks when applying for their British passport as more than 5 million people delayed applying due to the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>Between March and May, 98.5% of UK applications processed were completed within ten weeks.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/06/2022 16:07:14 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1469669

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of visa applications initiated with UK Visas and Immigration were resolved within (a) two weeks, (b) four weeks, (c) eight weeks, (d) 12 weeks and (e) more than 12 weeks in each year between 2018 and 2022.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	16839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish data on which applications are resolved within two weeks, four weeks, eight weeks, 12 weeks or more than 12 weeks. To capture this data would exceed cost threshold.</p><p>It does publish data of its performance against its service level agreement, which can be found on the GOV.UK webpage: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 16841 question first answered 21/06/2022 16:09:52 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1469670

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of passport applications initiated with the Passport Office were resolved within (a) two weeks, (b) four weeks, (c) eight weeks, (d) 12 weeks and (e) more than 12 weeks in the calendar year 2022.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	16840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>Prior to 6 April 2021, the published processing times for standard applications from the UK were six weeks for over-16s applying for their first British passport, and three weeks for all other application types. <strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Since this date, people have been advised to allow up to ten weeks when applying for their British passport as more than 5 million people delayed applying due to the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>Between March and May 2022, 98.5% of UK applications processed were completed within ten weeks.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/06/2022 15:58:18 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1469671

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of visa applications initiated with UK Visas and Immigration were resolved within (a) two weeks, (b) four weeks, (c) eight weeks, (d) 12 weeks and (e) more than 12 weeks in the calendar year 2022.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	16841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish data on which applications are resolved within two weeks, four weeks, eight weeks, 12 weeks or more than 12 weeks. To capture this data would exceed cost threshold.</p><p>It does publish data of its performance against its service level agreement, which can be found on the GOV.UK webpage: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 16839 question first answered 21/06/2022 16:09:52 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1469796

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to reduce the amount of time it takes to process asylum visa applications.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	16995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>To help reduce the amount of time it takes to process asylum applications we are investing in a programme of transformation and business improvement initiatives to speed up and simplify our processes, reduce the time people spend in the asylum system and decrease the number of people who are awaiting an interview or decision.</p><p> </p><p>These initiatives include conducting shorter, more focused interviews or omitting interviews where it is appropriate to do so, streamlining decision templates and focusing on improving quality to ensure decisions are right first time. We have introduced specialist Decision Making Units, providing greater ownership and management of cohorts of asylum cases. Additionally, we have extensive ongoing recruitment and training plans in place, including career progression options to aid the retention of staff.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to develop existing and new technology to help build on recent improvements such as digital interviewing and move away from a paper-based system. We are streamlining and digitising the case working process to enable more effective workflow, appointment booking and decision-making.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/06/2022 16:33:57 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1469798

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her target date is for the completion of her full dispersal accommodation plan for asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	16996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>On 13 April the Minister for Safe and Legal Migration announced the Home Office would move, with immediate effect, to a policy of full dispersal for the procurement asylum accommodation. We are working in partnership with local authorities to develop full dispersal plans down to a region/nation level. Whilst these plans are being developed procurement under this policy has commenced and any properties procured during the interim period will be accounted for in region/nations plans. This process is being informed by the informal consultation which was launched on 9 May and closes on 1 July.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/06/2022 16:43:31 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1469812

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Birth Certificates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to support people with no birth record to receive a certification of their birth.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	17019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>Civil registration in the UK is a devolved matter and there are separate systems in place for Scotland and Northern Ireland.</p><p>For births occurring in England and Wales, a birth certificate can be issued once the birth has been registered. Although the law requires births to be registered within 42 days, they can still be registered after this time where sufficient evidence of the date and place of birth is provided.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/06/2022 15:34:14 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1469836

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Married People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of spousal visa applications that are awaiting determination; what plans she has to reduce any backlog; and what timescale she expects any backlog to be eliminated.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	16899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office is currently prioritising Ukraine Visa Schemes applications in response to the humanitarian crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.</p><p>Data is not published on the number of applications which are outstanding. The transparency data does, however, include a range of processing data and the latest data can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fmigration-transparency-data%23uk-visas-and-immigration&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldFamily.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C68baeb4cb470480dc90608da47a2e699%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637901062213241689%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=pD9T%2Bmx2%2FMyxOHRWsrOirYLvh1pmqYgqjTuQnf%2FAjH0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Staff from other government departments, including DWP and HMRC, are being surged into the Home Office to help with Ukraine work and enable other normal visa routes to return to normal service levels.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/06/2022 16:27:30 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown