Question to the Home Office:
What steps she is taking to ensure that people can enrol their biometric data while covid-19 restrictions are in place.
We acknowledge the impact of global travel and health restrictions on people in, or seeking to come to, the UK.
As restrictions eased, commercial partner immigration services reopened in a phased and COVID secure way. UK capacity now exceeds pre-covid levels.
UKVI began reusing existing fingerprint biometrics, for certain UK customer cohorts across summer 2020, allowing customers to progress their applications.