Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will review fees for ILR applications and make them full-cost recovery only.

There are no plans to reduce the fee for indefinite leave to remain to full-cost recovery. The Home Office does not make a profit from fees and any income from fees set above the cost of processing is utilised for the purpose of running the Migration and Borders system, reducing reliance of taxpayer funding.

Fees for immigration and nationality applications are kept under review and any reduction in fees would need to be considered in terms of its impact on the funding of the Migration & Borders system.

The right to stay indefinitely is one of the most valuable entitlements offered for those seeking to enter or remain in the UK, and it is right that the fee should be higher than most for migrants staying temporarily in the UK.