Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he Department has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned from external consultants modelling of the potential impact of a reduction of the backlog of asylum applications on the number of people applying to (i) come to and (ii) stay in the UK via a refugee family reunion application.

The Government’s refugee family reunion policy provides a safe and legal route to bring families together.

We are committed to improving and speeding up processing times for family reunion applications.