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British Nationality: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason her Department does not allow remote testing for the Life in the UK test.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
24 Jun 2026
Target answer date
29 Jun 2026
Answer
3 Jul 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason her Department does not allow remote testing for the Life in the UK test.

  2. 29 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    Remote testing was not explored as part of the current contract and therefore not available to current candidates. The upcoming commercial exercise to reprocure services for the Life in the UK test will explore alternative delivery models. We are currentl...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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