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1673621

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
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, what the recent technical issue with the processing and issuing of Biometric Resident Permits has been; what steps his Department is taking to resolve that issue; and what estimate he has made of when that work will be complete.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	4240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>Incidences of technical issues preventing BRP card production are extremely low, and no systemic issues have been identified.</p><p>Where individual card requests do fail, operational case working teams and IT Support endeavour to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.</p><p>For any case that cannot be resolved immediately, the Employer Checking and Landlord Checking Services are available to provide support to customers to verify their immigration status and permission to work and rent properties in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/12/2023 16:41:00 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1673215

registered interest
date	27/11/2023
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 were issued within 10 days of a person receiving their decision confirming their refugee status since 1 August 2023.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	3929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The waiting times for biometric residence permits (BRP) are dictated by the BRP production and delivery processes.</p><p>We aim to deliver a BRP within 7 working days of the immigration decision. BRPs are produced at the secure delivery facility (Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency (DVLA)) within 48 hours of the production request being made and are collected by our secure delivery partner the same day. Our secure delivery partner (FedEx) aims to attempt to deliver the BRPs within 48 hours of receipt of the BRPs. This equates to a minimum of 5 working days from date of production request being made to delivery of the BRP. We have added an additional 2 working days to the timeline advised to applicants to allow us to resolve any production issues.</p><p>Since 1st April 2022, DVLA have produced all BRPs within 48 hours of the production request, with 99.5% being produced within 24 hours. Since 1st April 2022, our Secure Delivery Partners, FedEx and Royal Mail Group have attempted to deliver over 99% of BRPs within 48 hours, and delivered over 80% of BRPs successfully on first delivery attempt.</p><p>Information on incorrect or returned deliveries is not publicly available, and so we are unable to answer this question.</p><p>Statistics regarding the individual production time of each BRP from the time a decision is made is not available publicly and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 3930 question first answered 06/12/2023 16:17:30 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1673216

registered interest
date	27/11/2023
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 reported as not received by those with newly granted refugee status since 1 August 2023.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	3930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The waiting times for biometric residence permits (BRP) are dictated by the BRP production and delivery processes.</p><p>We aim to deliver a BRP within 7 working days of the immigration decision. BRPs are produced at the secure delivery facility (Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency (DVLA)) within 48 hours of the production request being made and are collected by our secure delivery partner the same day. Our secure delivery partner (FedEx) aims to attempt to deliver the BRPs within 48 hours of receipt of the BRPs. This equates to a minimum of 5 working days from date of production request being made to delivery of the BRP. We have added an additional 2 working days to the timeline advised to applicants to allow us to resolve any production issues.</p><p>Since 1st April 2022, DVLA have produced all BRPs within 48 hours of the production request, with 99.5% being produced within 24 hours. Since 1st April 2022, our Secure Delivery Partners, FedEx and Royal Mail Group have attempted to deliver over 99% of BRPs within 48 hours, and delivered over 80% of BRPs successfully on first delivery attempt.</p><p>Information on incorrect or returned deliveries is not publicly available, and so we are unable to answer this question.</p><p>Statistics regarding the individual production time of each BRP from the time a decision is made is not available publicly and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 3929 question first answered 06/12/2023 16:17:30 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1672901

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	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, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of (a) system upgrades and (b) maintenance on the time taken to produce biometric residence permits.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	3593
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 3592 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

1671509

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
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, what his timetable is for resolving technical faults relating to the issuing of Biometric Residence Permit cards.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Colum Eastwood
uin	2690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2023 answer text <p>The incidences of technical issues preventing Biometric Resident Permit (BRP) card production are very low. Where issues are encountered, operational case working teams and IT Support endeavour to resolve the issue swiftly without any adverse impacts for the applicant.</p><p>For the very small proportion of cases that could not be resolved immediately, the Employer Checking Service (ECS) and Landlord Checking Service (LCS) are available to provide support to applicants to verify their immigration status and permission to work and rent properties in the UK.</p><p>Longer term, the Home Office is developing a border and immigration system which will be digital by default. The ambition is to phase out physical documents, such as BRP’s, before the end of 2024 as we move towards a system of online evidence of immigration status (eVisas).</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/11/2023 17:34:54 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4846 label Biography information for Colum Eastwood

1668004

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
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, if she will make an estimate of the number of Biometric Residence Permit cards that have been wrongly issued in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 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 15/11/2023 15:46:46 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1666879

registered interest
date	24/10/2023
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, whether her Department has made an assessment of the capacity to produce biometric residence permits to meet the Streamlined Asylum Process.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	204027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>We have agreed daily capacity limits that are sufficient to meet our demands for BRPs and have allowed for additional capacity to meet any surges in demand. Our service level agreement is to produce 100% of all BRPs within 48 hours of a request being received. Currently 100% of BRPs are produced within 48 hours and 99.7% within 24 hours.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 204029 question first answered 26/10/2023 09:17:08 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1666880

registered interest
date	24/10/2023
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, what the average time from a decision being made on a biometric residence permit to that permit being delivered is.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	204028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>All BRPs are produced within 48 hours and 99.1% of all BRPs are delivered within 48 hours of collection.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2023 09:11:46 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1666881

registered interest
date	24/10/2023
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, what estimate she has made of the monthly production capacity for biometric residence permits.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	204029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>We have agreed daily capacity limits that are sufficient to meet our demands for BRPs and have allowed for additional capacity to meet any surges in demand. Our service level agreement is to produce 100% of all BRPs within 48 hours of a request being received. Currently 100% of BRPs are produced within 48 hours and 99.7% within 24 hours.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 204027 question first answered 26/10/2023 09:17:08 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1666665

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	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 Permit cards have been wrongly delivered in the last 12 months; and how many people granted asylum have not received such cards in that period.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	203943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>BRPs are delivered within 48 hours of being produced to the address provided by the applicant on their application form.</p><p>Information on incorrect deliveries is not publicly available, and so we are unable to answer this question.</p><p>We are unable to answer the second part of the question, as the information is not available in the format requested and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2023 08:44:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard