Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the information contained in the migration transparency data release provided in the Answer of 28 February 2018 to Question 128881, what definition her Department uses for a straightforward case; and how many and what proportion of cases have been classified as a straightforward case in each five years.

A straightforward case is defined as one where the customer has met all their obligations for example; providing all relevant details, enrolled biometrics on time and paying the appropriate fee. The case is also considered to be free of any adverse indicators such as criminality, security concerns and fraudulent behaviours including adverse immigration history.

The number of visa applications is published as part of the Migration Transparency data, available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data