Question follow-through · 26203
Immigration Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that security checks, character requirements and vetting procedures are not (a) expedited and (b) compromised to clear administrative backlogs before new
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 1 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2026 · 8 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
1 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that security checks, character requirements and vetting procedures are not (a) expedited and (b) compromised to clear administrative backlogs before new
3 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2026
Answer published
UKVI will continue to apply the full range and appropriate level of checks required for all visa applications processed by the department.All applications under the Immigration Rules are also processed by staff in UKVI under the UKVI Operating Mandate whi...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
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