Question follow-through · 18292
Immigration: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contingency arrangements are available to people who are unable to demonstrate their immigration status because of a technical failure affecting her Department’s digital services.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 13 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jul 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
13 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contingency arrangements are available to people who are unable to demonstrate their immigration status because of a technical failure affecting her Department’s digital services.
15 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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16 Jul 2026
Answer published
Our online immigration status services are designed to be highly resilient and are subject to rigorous testing and monitoring. Outages are rare, and where issues do arise, we work to resolve them as quickly as possible.Support is available for people who ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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