Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the financial impact of immigration and nationality application fees on applicants; and what plans she has to reduce those fees.
Immigration and nationality fees are kept under review and we ensure they are within the parameters agreed with HM Treasury and Parliament, as set out in Section 68 (9) of the Immigration Act 2014.
The most recent fees regulations were laid on 10 March 2021 and can be viewed via the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-fees-transparency-data
These are accompanied by an impact assessment which can be accessed via the following link:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/269/impacts/2021/12