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Immigration: Applications

Asked by Kate OsamorLabour (Co-op)Home OfficeTabled Answered 15 July 2025UIN 63318

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the absence of service standards on all applications under the (a) family and (b) private life routes on applicants accessing (i) work, (ii) healthcare and (c) education.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

Family and private life applications based on exceptionality are not subject to a service standard, however we do update GOV.UK with our average processing times and information is available in the published transparency data around consideration times.

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