Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applications for indefinite leave to remain from spouses of UK citizens are outstanding; and what is the target response time for such applications.

The normal service standard for applications for Indefinite Leave to Remain applications is six months.

The Home Office publishes transparency data on the number of outstanding applications for Indefinite Leave to Remain under the spouse/partner route, the Home Office also publish transparency data on the performance against service standards for Indefinite Leave to Remain applications under the spouse/partner route. This can be found in our transparency data:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-february-2021