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Written question asked by Richard Younger-Ross (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 7 December 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 10 December 2009. It was answered by Phil Woolas (Labour) on Tuesday, 5 January 2010 on behalf of the Home Office.

Immigration

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his most recent estimate is of the average time taken by the UK Border Agency to process an application for leave to remain in the UK.
Answer

[holding answer 10 December 2009]: The following table shows performance for LTR casework by application type for the most recent reporting month (October 2009).

Performance by workstream Service standard Percentage of applications dealt with within service standard for month end October 2009
Family 65 per cent. of cases within 20 working days 53
Study 75 per cent. of cases within 20 working days 91
Visiting the UK 75 per cent. of cases within 20 working days 61
Work 75 per cent. of cases within 20 working days 89
Note: These data are not provided under National Statistics protocols. They have been derived from local management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
503 c146-7W; 305715
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Immigration Standards
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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