Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what service standard has been set for processing biometric residence permit applications; what proportion of applications were processed within that timeframe; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that applications are processed within that timeframe.

We aim to deliver a BRP within 7 working days of the immigration decision.

BRPs are produced at the secure delivery facility (Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency (DVLA)) within 48 hours of the decision being made and are collected by our secure delivery partner the same day. Our secure delivery partner (FedEx) aims to attempt to deliver the BRPs within 48 hours of receipt of the BRPs. This equates to a minimum of 5 working days from date of decision to delivery of the BRP.

In May, DVLA produced all BRPs within 48 hours of the production request, with 100% being produced within 24 hours. In May FedEx attempted to deliver 99.75% of BRPs within 48 hours.