Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals are currently waiting more than 48 hours for delivery of their Biometric Residence Permit.

The waiting times for biometric residence permits (BRP) are dictated by the BRP production and delivery processes.

We aim to deliver a BRP within 7 working days of the immigration decision. BRPs are produced at the secure delivery facility (Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency (DVLA)) within 48 hours of the production request being made and are collected by our secure delivery partner the same day. Our secure delivery partner (FedEx) aims to attempt to deliver the BRPs within 48 hours of receipt of the BRPs. This equates to a minimum of 5 working days from date of production request being made to delivery of the BRP. We have added an additional 2 working days to the timeline advised to applicants to allow us to resolve any production issues.

In October, November & December, DVLA produced all BRPs within 48 hours of the production request, with 100% of all cards being produced within 24 hours.

In October, November & December FedEx attempted to deliver 99.83% of BRPs within 48 hours.