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Immigration: Applications

Asked by Anneliese DoddsLabour (Co-op)Home OfficeTabled Answered 23 July 2025UIN 67954

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2025 to Question 64542 on Immigration, what steps she is taking to speed up decisions being taken on applications for (a) leave in line and (b) status in line.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

The Home Office continues to invest in a programme of transformation and business improvement to speed up decision making and improve the quality and consistency of our leave in line and status in line applications.

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