Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of family reunion visa decisions are being made within the 24 week service standard.

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.