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1673975

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: 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 allowed (a) entry clearance and (b) in-country appeal decisions are awaiting implementation as of 29 November 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	4458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The requested information cannot be accurately extracted from our internal systems. To provide this information would require a manual trawl of successful appeals and to do so would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/12/2023 18:03:56 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1672899

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of (a) system upgrades and (b) maintenance on the time taken to process leave to remain applications.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	3592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office releases weekly upgrades, including maintenance, to the Atlas caseworking system. Such releases are completed without the Atlas caseworking system, or services like BRP production, being down at all and so there is no impact upon caseworking or BRP production.</p><p>Where a maintenance release requires the system to be taken down temporarily, it is done so in quiet periods and for a very short time period, so that caseworking operations are not adversely affected.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 3593 question first answered 29/11/2023 17:27:47 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1666536

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: 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 she is taking to increase the speed of processing Leave to Remain applications.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	203761
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes a range of data including some on processing times. Please see link: <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%7CAdam.Teese%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cfe397311d06b4fc0f55208dbd5484295%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638338278546409928%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=JEk3znNRpMvENztEf06nDB6YnRvsZ15EFrX3cR48vfY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The resources available are deployed to decide applications as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2023 08:42:42 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1665341

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Home Office response to report on the re-inspection of family reunion applications published on 21 February 2023, what recent progress her Department has made towards (a) implementing the recommendations made by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration and (b) ensuring that family reunion applications are processed within the service standard of 12 weeks.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	203095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s refugee family reunion policy provides a safe and legal route to bring families together. The Secretary of State for the Home Department has fully accepted all the recommendations made in the report by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration regarding family reunion applications.</p><p>Following the recommendations made, the department has undertaken a review of its’ resourcing for consideration of Family Reunion visa applications and is increasing staffing levels. We have also reviewed processes and are developing our work in this area to enable us to provide a better service to our customers.</p><p>We prioritise all applications where the application has been made by an unaccompanied child, under the age of 18. We will also prioritise applications where there is an evidenced urgent or compelling reason.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/10/2023 08:44:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1665009

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: 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 processing time was for an application for indefinite leave to remain in the latest period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Tunbridge Wells
	tabling member printed	Greg Clark
	uin	202703
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>Data on asylum applications, indefinite leave to remain and citizenship applications is published as part of immigration statistics (at <a title="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.gov.uk%2fgovernment%2fstatistics%2fimmigration-system-statistics-year-ending-march-2023&amp;data=05%7c01%7cmichael.headley%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7c45e885731fc14b8371c208dbd4acdbaf%7cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7c0%7c0%7c638337611099131631%7cunknown%7ctwfpbgzsb3d8eyjwijoimc4wljawmdailcjqijoiv2lumziilcjbtii6ik1hawwilcjxvci6mn0%3d%7c3000%7c%7c%7c&amp;sdata=lxyauj%2bsgiy62zmybokdj5tnbkiizaitavw1cqw%2fssm%3d&amp;reserved=0" href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fimmigration-system-statistics-year-ending-march-2023&amp;data=05%7C01%7CMichael.Headley%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C45e885731fc14b8371c208dbd4acdbaf%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638337611099131631%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=LXyAUJ%2BSgIY62ZMYBokDj5tNBkiiZaITaVW1cQW%2FsSM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-march-2023</a>) and migration transparency data (at <a title="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.gov.uk%2fgovernment%2fcollections%2fmigration-transparency-data&amp;data=05%7c01%7cmichael.headley%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7c45e885731fc14b8371c208dbd4acdbaf%7cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7c0%7c0%7c638337611099131631%7cunknown%7ctwfpbgzsb3d8eyjwijoimc4wljawmdailcjqijoiv2lumziilcjbtii6ik1hawwilcjxvci6mn0%3d%7c3000%7c%7c%7c&amp;sdata=kywtrzjqhyv8ymoov1wvn0ybqyv%2ft7xzaks8grumjyq%3d&amp;reserved=0" href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fmigration-transparency-data&amp;data=05%7C01%7CMichael.Headley%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C45e885731fc14b8371c208dbd4acdbaf%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638337611099131631%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=kYwTrzjQhyV8YMOOV1WvN0yBQYv%2Ft7xzaKs8GrUmJYQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a>).</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/10/2023 16:25:50 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark

1659218

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: 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 family reunion applications have not been completed by her Department within (a) the 60 day service standard, (b) six months and (c) one year.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	198405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2023 answer text <p>Information regarding processing times for family reunion applications is not routinely published and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost. We are working outside the 60 working day service standard, with the majority of applications being considered at over double the service standard timescale.</p><p> </p><p>We remain committed to improving and speeding up processing times for family reunion applications.</p><p> </p><p>The latest <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-june-2023" target="_blank">Immigration system statistics, year ending June 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> show that since 2015, 46,511 family reunion visas have been granted to family members of refugees.</p><p> </p><p>We prioritise all applications where the application has been made by an unaccompanied child, under the age of 18. We will also prioritise applications where there is an evidenced urgent or compelling reason.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/09/2023 10:16:01 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1647821

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: 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 people applied for a renewal of limited leave to remain with a request for a discretionary grant of indefinite leave to remain under the five-year route to settlement concession outside of the Immigration Rules between 21 October 2021 and 19 June 2022.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	190995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>The number of people applying for renewal of limited leave to remain with a request for a discretionary grant of indefinite leave to remain under the five-year route to settlement concession outside of the Immigration Rules between 21 October 2021 and 19 June 2022 does not form part of any current transparency data or migration statistics and is not published.</p><p>However, the transparency data and migration statistics do include a range of processing data relating to family visas and can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/07/2023 16:19:24 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1645719

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: 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 leave-to-remain applications cannot be progressed because of a technical issue.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	190186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this information in a reportable format.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/06/2023 09:57:01 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1641042

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: 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 applications and further submissions for (a) indefinite leave to remain, (b) family reunion, (c) EU Settlement Scheme, (d) family and private life, (e) British citizenship, and (f) asylum were marked as closed cases after an initial response was provided to the Member of Parliament so that no further correspondence was initiated with the Member even where the case had been progressed in 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	187017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 07/06/2023 12:09:06 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1640564

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what process is in place for individuals asking for information on a family member’s application for entry.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	186854
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>Where our records confirm that a customer’s passport is being held in the Visa Application Centre (VAC) in Khartoum, UK Visas and Immigration have contacted all those customers that have been issued or refused visa applications in our VAC in Khartoum and offering them a letter confirming that their passport is securely stored and attaching a digital copy of their passport, that may help support their travel out of Sudan and into a third country.</p><p>Where the passport is held in Nairobi or Pretoria and a named individual (either the applicant or a designated 3<sup>rd</sup> party) is identified to return the passport to outside of Sudan, the passport can be sent (to the named individual) by courier or for collection from another visa application centre. For customers that have been able to exit Sudan, processes are in place to re-direct printing of their visa and endorsement on a Form for affixing a visa (FAV) to another VAC location of their choice for collection.</p><p>UK Visas and Immigration are currently operating within their global customer service standards across all of the main legal migration routes for customers who make an entry clearance application from overseas. If exceptional compelling and compassionate circumstances are raised, these will be considered in the usual way.</p><p>Details of current performance against these customer service standards are updated regularly and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fvisa-decision-waiting-times-applications-outside-the-uk%23join-family-in-the-uk&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAngela.Duncan%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1567453132274663eae408db5d2dd101%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638206224319053888%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=GVs%2BYZZhc5LYCU%2FG3wKkKXmnyClqMbvXZElULg7tibE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times: applications outside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab)</a>.</p><p>Customers are able to contact the UK Visas and Immigration contact centre, telephone: 0300 790 6268, Monday to Thursday (excluding bank holidays), 9am to 4:45pm and Friday (excluding bank holidays), 9am to 4:30pm.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 186851 186852 186853 question first answered 07/06/2023 16:58:11 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood