Biometric Residence Permits

(asked on 19th May 2021) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Biometric Residence Permit cards confirming that the holder has been granted indefinite leave to remain have been sent to an address other than the latest address on the successful applicant's record; and what plans they have to ensure that such Permits go to the correct addresses in future.


Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
This question was answered on 3rd June 2021

Based on the most recent data available, lost or mis-delivered Biometric Residence Permits account for less than 0.04% of Biometric Residence Permits produced for all applications granted further leave of greater than 6 months or indefinite leave to remain within the UK between 1st July 2020 and end December 2020. We are not able to break this figure down by leave type.

It should be noted this data may be subject to minor change as we were actively working with FedEx to reconcile lost and mis-delivered Biometric Residence Permit deliveries between 1 July 2020 and end December 2020 by the end of May 2021.

Where a customer reports a Biometric Residence Permit has been mis-delivered to either our delivery partner FedEx, or directly to UKVI, it is investigated. Where possible FedEx will attempt to recover the package and re-deliver to the correct address. Where it is not possible to recover, the BRP will be cancelled and re-issued at no cost to the customer where the mis-delivery was down to a UKVI or a FedEx error.

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