Written question asked by Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 7 February 2000. It was answered by Lord Bassam of Brighton (Labour) on Monday, 7 February 2000.

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Bassam of Brighton, Lord

Question

Whether the testing of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate's casework system was completed as scheduled in November 1999; whether the piloting of the system to confirm that it is robust under normal operating conditions has been completed; whether they cleared the pre 1993 backlog by the end of 1999 as scheduled; how many of the 1993-95 cases remain to be cleared; and whether they are still confident that the White Paper target of deciding applications on average in two months by April 2001 will be met. [HL 703]. - Including figures.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

HL 703; 609 c61-3WA

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Applications Software Computers Administrative delays ICT Immigration Standards Testing Immigration and Nationality Directorate

Contains statistics

Yes