§ Mr. LeslieTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress he has made in reducing the backlog of correspondence in the Visa Correspondence Unit. [120911]
§ Mr. VazI am pleased to inform the House that the Visa Correspondence Unit's backlog of correspondence with Members has been reduced so that there are now only 45 letters from Members which have not been answered within the 15 working day target, compared to 851 on 27 January. Forty-five is, of course, still too many and we will continue to work to improve our performance.