Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 13 April (HL16099), whether the Settlement - Detailed Datasets published on 21 May contained a discrete category of leave group entitled ECAA; and what data they hold on (1) the number of applications for indefinite leave to remain made under Immigration Rules Appendix ECAA which are currently awaiting decision, and (2) the number of applications which have been awaiting decision for more than six months.

The Home Office does not publish information detailing the number of applications for Indefinite Leave to Remain under the ECAA route which are currently awaiting a decision, or which have been awaiting a decision for more than six months.

The published data on grants of Settlement under the Work Permit holder category largely relates to persons granted leave under the ECAA route. Details can be found in the UK Visa & Immigration Transparency Data.