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registered interest false more like this
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answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Asylum: Applications remove filter
house id 1 more like this
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including time spent awaiting an asylum decision within the five year period applicants must be in the UK before they may apply for indefinite leave to remain. more like this
tabling member constituency Edinburgh South West more like this
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Joanna Cherry more like this
uin 257 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-11-13more like thismore than 2023-11-13
answer text <p>Whilst we do not have any plans to review the process by which refugees may apply for settlement protection, we have taken action to accelerate decision-making and rapidly speed up processing times to eliminate the backlog of people waiting for initial asylum decisions by the end of 2023. This will ensure asylum seekers are not left months or even years waiting for a decision.</p><p>We have done this by streamlining and modernising the end-to-end process, with improved guidance and more focussed interviews; and continued enhancement of digital technology.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Newark more like this
answering member printed Robert Jenrick more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-11-13T16:47:59.7Zmore like thismore than 2023-11-13T16:47:59.7Z
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label Biography information for Robert Jenrick more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Joanna Cherry more like this