Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Manchester Gorton of 9 February 2021 on Matarr Touray.

The Department works to a target of responding to 95% of MPs written correspondence within 20 working days. Performance has been impacted by a very significant increase in the volume of correspondence received, alongside the need for Ministers and officials to instigate a remote process for drafting and signing correspondence during the period of COVID-19 restrictions.

The Department recognises that it has not been able to meet service standard in some cases but have implemented an action plan to clear backlogs and drive up performance.

We regret that The Hon. Member’s office has declined several offers to regularly discuss these and other cases in detail with Home Office officials. This offer remains open.

UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded as detailed below.

PQ 178535 – MPAM reference 0133128/21 – 1 April 2021

PQ 178538 – MPAM reference 0133374/21 – 1 April 2021

PQ 179495 – MPAM reference 0125756/21 – 30 March 2021

PQ 179499 – MPAM reference B3461/11 – 10 December 2020

PQ 179496 – MPAM reference B4171/11 – 13 April 2021

PQ 179506 – MPAM reference 031333/21 – 1 April 2021

PQ 179500 – MPAM reference B4978/11 – 13 April 2021

PQ 178533 – There is no trace of this correspondence being received. UKVI MP Engagement team will contact you to acquire a copy of the correspondence and apply priority