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1674019

	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: EU Nationals
	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 length of time taken was to process an EU settlement scheme application in the latest period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	4380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The following link contains more details in regards to EUSS processing times: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Feu-settlement-scheme-application-processing-times%2Feu-settlement-scheme-pilot-current-expected-processing-times-for-applications&amp;data=05%7C01%7CChris.Jones16%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C59d36908a9ba481b3a6108dbf27e603f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638370396809611597%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=2ausOQDz9DZo3LOkUiW8%2FqfnEJDmoAO0Rl3%2FDPLgnxA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">EU Settlement Scheme: current estimated processing times for applications - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>All applications made under the scheme are determined on a case-by-case basis depending on their individual circumstances.</p><p>The latest link to our quarterly statistics can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Feu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-september-2023&amp;data=05%7C01%7CChris.Jones16%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C59d36908a9ba481b3a6108dbf27e603f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638370396809611597%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=GjYOVTE9z5%2B5%2B8GCSq%2BQVer2fGaTv17auzOTENuyK0M%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-september-2023</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/12/2023 17:44:35 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1666560

	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	Naturalisation: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's target timescales are for the processing of naturalisation applications.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	203793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The service standard for applications for naturalisation is six months.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/apply-citizenship-indefinite-leave-to-remain/after-youve-applied#:~:text=get%20your%20certificate-,After%20you%27ve%20applied,will%20not%20affect%20the%20decision." target="_blank">Apply for citizenship if you have indefinite leave to remain or 'settled status': After you’ve applied - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2023 08:45:44 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1666561

	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	Naturalisation: 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 to approve naturalisation applications was in each of the last three months.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	203794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State’s Home Department publishes data on the processing of applications for British citizenship on the Gov.uk website. We do not publish data on average processing times for naturalisation applications.</p><p>The link to the latest Migration Transparency Data can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fvisas-and-citizenship-data-q2-2023&amp;data=05%7C01%7CIan.Page%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C0fd42ac1b24f49e85b3c08dbad3e6427%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638294255692779769%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=fntzjp8AXZT0DZdMr6HAq49eWecFfFUCQHIzr0KaDgs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q2-2023</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2023 08:46:38 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1666565

	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	Naturalisation: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2023 to Question 202950 on Naturalisation: Applications, if she will correct the broken link to her Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023 in that Answer; if she will provide a link to the reference to naturalisation in those Report and Accounts; and whether her Department collects information on the length of time taken to process naturalisation applications.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	203795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>We apologise for error in UIN 202950. The link to the HO Annual report is :<br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">Home Office annual report and accounts: 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2023 09:33:25 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1665304

	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	Naturalisation: 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 security checks for naturalisation applications have expired and required subsequent re-vetting in the last month for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	202947
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The data is not available.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/10/2023 12:23:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1665307

	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	Naturalisation: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long has her Department's current longest-running naturalisation application taken so far to be processed as of October 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	202950
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely comment on individual cases. Published data regarding naturalisation applications can be found via the Transparency Report (<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fhome-office-annual-report&amp;data=05%7C01%7CChris.Hughes26%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Caf1337e1b3ac46e73b8908dbd0880826%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638333054882628934%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=K9uigDB8cVN2z2RQHCupU1%2Buscgxe9yglsQKB890S6g%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report</a>) and the Migration statistics (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-march-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-march-2023</a>).</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/10/2023 12:22:07 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1656322

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many biometric residence permits have been delayed at (a) approval, (b) printing and (c) re-printing as a result of IT problems in each of the last six months.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	195908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>The information is not available publicly and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/09/2023 15:49:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1642131

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2023
	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, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of introducing an appeals process for rejected visa applications made abroad.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	187930
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to estimate the cost to the public purse on introducing appeals processes for refused visa applications.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 12/06/2023 16:31:15 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1642001

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2023
	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, how many and what proportion of applications for UK visas have been rejected in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	187615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>Data on the number of applications that have been rejected is published as part of the Home Office Migration Transparency data. For 2019-2022, the information can be viewed here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q1-2023" target="_blank">Visas and citizenship data: Q1 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/06/2023 15:52:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1642003

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2023
	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, how much was charged in fees for rejected visa applications in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	187616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information requested could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.</p><p>If a visa application is rejected by the Home Office as invalid, the visa fee paid will be refunded minus a £25 administrative charge, as specified in the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2018. If the visa fee paid is £25 or less and the application is rejected as invalid, the whole of the visa fee will be retained by the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/06/2023 15:54:22 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma