Entry Clearance Service (Hansard, 23 March 2001)

HC Deb 23 March 2001 vol 365 c421W 421W

§ Kali Mountford
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the Government will take to reform and update the entry clearance service. [155727]

§ Mr. Vaz
The Government will invest £7.2 million from the Capital Modernisation fund over the next three years in improved technology for the entry clearance (visa) service. This will help deliver a fairer, faster and firmer service, with benefits for visa applicants and for their sponsors in the UK. It will alw contribute to the Prime Minister's target of enabling all public services to be delivered electronically by 2005.