Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2022 to Question 76099 on Members: Correspondence, how many cases were affected by technical issues; and what the average delay caused to these cases was.

We do not hold the data requested. We cannot separate out MI for this cohort through normal reporting mechanisms. The most recent transparency data on overall performance against the six month service standard for citizenship applications was published on 25 August and can be found here:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1100322/UKVI_VC_Transparency_Q2_2022_Published.ods