Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Easington of 15 February 2017, reference EN7643, relating to Mr Brown and the decision to overturn the Referred Cases Unit decision to issue a visa.

The letter dated 15 February 2017, with the reference EN7643, was responded to by telephone on 6 March 2017. Given that events surrounding this case have progressed since then – including the receipt of a further letter from the hon. Member for Easington on 16 March 2017 – the Home Office will respond to this latest correspondence with further information. A response will be sent shortly.