Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 11 December (HL2987), when the new IT system to provide more reliable data currently under development will be fully operational, and what will be the cost.

The IT system which will provide centrally held, reliable data for cancellation of permission to stay decisions remains under development. It is currently progressing through standard test phases before becoming fully operational at a date to be determined.

The IT system referred to forms part of the wider Immigration Project Technology (IPT) project. Information regarding the cost of the wider project can be found here in the UKVI transparency data information, last updated 6 December 2024.