Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her officials have to meet representatives of the Unity Project to discuss improving the Change of Conditions application process in response to their letters of 11 April and 11 June 2021; and if she will make a statement.

A reply to the Unity Project’s letter of 11 April was sent on 14 May and Home Office officials met with the Unity Project on 17 June as part of the No Recourse to Public Funds forum. My officials remain happy to meet with them again to discuss any outstanding concerns about the Change of Conditions application process.

We are currently reviewing that process to see how it can be improved. We will update the Unity Project and other stakeholders once this review is complete.

We do require core details of an applicant’s background information to ensure an accurate assessment of their application can be made, including recent previous addresses. In most cases this information reduces the need to request further documentary evidence and therefore speeds up the consideration process.