Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons people that have lost Biometric Residence Permit cards are required to submit a new Biometric Residence Permit card application for a replacement.

The holder of a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) is legally required, under regulation 18(b) of the Immigration (Biometric Registration) Regulations 2008, to notify the Secretary of State if they know or suspect their document has been lost or stolen.

Where the Secretary of State decides to cancel a BRP following a report of its loss or theft, the holder is required to apply to replace their card.

The cost of providing a replacement BRP that has been lost or stolen (currently £56 plus a biometric enrolment fee of £19.20) is set at a level that recovers the estimated cost of both the process and the card for the Home Office and does not place any additional financial burden on the department.