Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether criminal record checks and investigations are made when considering an indefinite leave to remain application.

All applications under the Immigration Rules are processed by staff in UKVI under the UKVI Operating Mandate which sets out clearly the baseline requirements for UKVI staff in terms of carrying out a range of identity and security checks for every application made under the immigration rules. This includes criminal records checks where appropriate.