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1659306

registered interest
date	08/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Biometrics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued on the criteria used to triage family reunion applications once biometrics have been submitted.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	198484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office published updated Family Reunion Casework Guidance in July 2023. This is viewable at Family reunion: caseworker guidance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) and covers guidance on prioritisation for particularly vulnerable applicants.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/09/2023 15:38:53 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1626128

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Biometrics
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 who have submitted biometric testing documents in support of an application for indefinite leave to remain have been waiting (a) 6 months (b) 9 months (c) 12 months (d) 18 months and (e) more than two years for a decision on that application.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	184117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>The information requested could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 184118 question first answered 15/05/2023 15:52:26 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1626129

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Biometrics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of people who have submitted biometric testing documents in support of an indefinite leave to remain application have been waiting (a) 6 months (b) 9 months (c) 12 months (d) 18 months and (e) more than two years for a decision to be reached on that application.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	184118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>The information requested could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 184117 question first answered 15/05/2023 15:52:26 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1272913

registered interest
date	30/12/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Biometrics
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 UKVI applicants with reusable biometric information, which applicants were (a) permitted to use the data and (b) prevented from utilising reusable biometric data.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	133153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office published Covid-19 guidance on 3 September 2020 setting out biometric reuse measures that were introduced to support UKVI customers adversely affected by the pandemic. The guidance sets out the circumstances under which reusable biometrics can be reused and can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-biometric-enrolment-reuse-and-evidencing-status" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-biometric-enrolment-reuse-and-evidencing-status</a></p><p>We are developing plans to enable us to widen the reuse of previously enrolled fingerprint biometrics, while maintaining public safety. The capability to reuse previously enrolled fingerprint biometrics will help us to reduce the need for foreign nationals to attend an office to provide their fingerprints every time they make an immigration application. However, foreign nationals will still be required to provide their latest facial image.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 133154 133155 question first answered 11/01/2021 16:50:33 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1272914

registered interest
date	30/12/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Biometrics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the merits of allowing biometric information submitted as part of a person’s previous immigration application to be reused in further applications.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	133154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office published Covid-19 guidance on 3 September 2020 setting out biometric reuse measures that were introduced to support UKVI customers adversely affected by the pandemic. The guidance sets out the circumstances under which reusable biometrics can be reused and can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-biometric-enrolment-reuse-and-evidencing-status" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-biometric-enrolment-reuse-and-evidencing-status</a></p><p>We are developing plans to enable us to widen the reuse of previously enrolled fingerprint biometrics, while maintaining public safety. The capability to reuse previously enrolled fingerprint biometrics will help us to reduce the need for foreign nationals to attend an office to provide their fingerprints every time they make an immigration application. However, foreign nationals will still be required to provide their latest facial image.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 133153 133155 question first answered 11/01/2021 16:50:33 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1131048

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Biometrics
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 4 June 2017 to Question 257442 on Biometrics: Applications, what the timeframe is for (a) reviewing SSL's performance against its key performance indicators and (b) reporting that performance.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	262238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>UKVI regularly monitor Sopra Steria Limited’s (SSL) performance against set Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).Sopra Steria are required, under the contract, to report on their performance on a monthly basis. These performance reports are reviewed by UKVI and form the basis of monthly performance conversations between the two parties. The information within the reports is used to drive improvements to service standards in line with contractual requirements. <br>. <br>SSL’s performance against these KPIs is commercially sensitive and therefore we are unable to disclose any detailed information.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/06/2019 15:55:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	318 label Biography information for Lord Spellar

928753

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Biometrics
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 waiting time is for issuing biometric residence permits in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	156432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>The average waiting time for issuing Biometric Residence Permits (BRP) is not specifically included in statistics published by the Home Office. However, the overall processing times for applications made to UKVI are published.</p><p>Published information can be found at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a></p><p>Once the decision to grant leave is made a request to personalise the BRP is made electronically to Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) who produce the personalised BRP on behalf of UKVI. They have a service level to personalise 90% of BRPs within one working day of receipt and the remaining 10% within two working days of receipt. DVLA currently personalise 100% of cards within one working day of receipt.</p><p>Once produced, the card is either delivered to the customer or made available for collection by the customer from the Post Office depending upon whether the leave application was made inside or outside the UK. For those cards requiring delivery in the UK, the card is collected by from DVLA by DX. DX has a service level agreement to attempt to deliver 100% of BRPs within 48 hours of receipt from DVLA. They currently meet this service standard. For those cards to be collected from the Post Office, they are made available for collection within 10 days of the customer’s</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/06/2018 16:42:13 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

909036

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Biometrics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the average waiting time for the issuing a biometric permit by immigration status.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	146255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not included in statistics published by the Home Office.</p><p>The information requested is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost by examination of thousands of cases.</p><p>However, published information on the number of applications for leave to remain in all categories, as well as data on UK Visa and Immigration performance against service standards for applications made in the UK and from overseas, can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/05/2018 14:59:15 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

896307

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Biometrics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for all Biometric Residence Permits to include national insurance numbers.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	140822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office and Department for Work and Pensions began work in 2016 to issue Biometric Residence Permits featuring the holder’s national insurance number where they are entitled to work in the UK. This has been implemented for all refugees and most Tier 2 skilled migrants. It will be extended to other relevant immigration categories in due course.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 09/05/2018 16:53:42 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

886322

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Biometrics
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 failed to meet her Department’s target for delivery in each of the last (a) five years and (b) 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	136517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>Information relating to the current number of applications outstanding is management information and subject to change.</p><p>However, published information on the number of applications for leave to remain in all categories, as well as data on UK Visa and Immigration performance against service standards for applications made in the UK and from overseas, and the proportion of those cases classified as non-straightforward, can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a>.</p><p>Where an application is defined as non-straightforward due to complexity, the customer will be written to within the normal processing time to explain why it will not be decided within the normal standard, and to explain what will happen next.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/05/2018 10:35:55 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed