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date	11/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to (1) reduce the backlog of cases in the Home Office, and (2) prevent further Home Office backlogs in the future.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) has faced a number of pressures in the past two years in respect of demand for visas. Visa routes have seen high demand following the end of the pandemic, easing of travel restrictions and helping people forced to flee their homes as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.</p><p>The visa waiting times page on GOV.UK is updated regularly to help customers understand expected visa processing times across all the main visa routes, and customers are encouraged to apply early for their visa.</p><p>UKVI continues to speed up decision making by rolling out better, more efficient technology, including digital interviewing and moving away from a paper-based system. UKVI is also continuing to recruit more decision-making staff.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 24/10/2022 11:56:13 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

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date	29/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider that Azure Card users are able to meet their essential living needs; and on what grounds they base their assessment.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Failed asylum seekers supported under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 are provided with accommodation; utilities, household equipment and healthcare are provided free. The Azure Card is provided to enable them to buy food and other items and is uploaded each week to the value of £35.39 for each person in the household. Extra assistance is also provided where necessary, for example by arranging travel to medical appointments and by providing maternity grants for pregnant women.</p><p>The Government keeps this package of assistance under review but is satisfied that it meets the essential living needs of recipients of section 4 support.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 11/11/2014 16:51:54 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno