Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many family reunion applications waiting to be processed as of 2 September 2022 have exceeded the 60-day service standard for a decision; what the average processing time for those applications was in the latest period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.

We are currently working outside the 60 day service standard for refugee family reunion applications and processing times are approximately double the expected service standard timeframe.

We are working hard to recover our decision-making timescales and are looking to streamline our processes and secure additional resource to support this work.

We will prioritise applications where there is a particularly urgent or compelling reason to do so.