HC Deb 31 October 1994 vol 248 cc939-40W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average processing time of his Department is in respect of applications for(a) residence permits for migrant citizens of the European Union and (b) residence documents of their third country national family members, as at October 1994; and what it was in October 1993.

Mr. Nicholas Baker

The information available on processing times for deciding applications for residence documents during October 1993 and September 1994, the latest date for which figures are available, is as follows:

Residence permits Residence documents
October 1993 67 per cent. within one month 48 per cent. within one month
85 per cent. within two months 74 per cent. within two months
98 per cent. within six months 96 per cent. within six months
September 1994 57 per cent. within one month 38 per cent. within one month
77 per cent. within two months 57 per cent. within two months
98 per cent. within six months 86 per cent. within six months

In consequence of the European Economic Area agreement the figures for September 1994 include applications relating to nationals of Austria, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden as well as European Union nationals.

Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the longest period during which an application for(a) residence permits for a migrant citizen of the European Union and (b) a residence document for the third country national family member of such a person has been outstanding as at October 1994.

Mr. Nicholas Baker

As at 1 October 1994, the longest period for which a residence permit application had been outstanding was 10 months and the longest period for a residence document application 46 months.

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