House of Commons - The work of the UK Border Agency (October-December 2012)

Home Affairs Committee - Fourth Report
The work of the UK Border Agency (October-December 2012)

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 10 July 2013.

Contents

Terms of Reference

1 Introduction

2 The abolition of the UKBA

3 Entry clearance operations

Regional performance

Risk and Airline Liaison Network (RALON)

Visa Application Centres

Entry clearance in the Gulf: conclusions

4 Key indicators of the Agency's performance

Ex-Foreign National Offenders

Ex-FNOS released without being considered for deportation

Ex-FNOs living in the community

Key issue: tackling the backlog of ex-FNOs living in the community

Asylum and immigration backlog: live casework

Asylum backlog

Immigration backlog

Key issue: prioritising the conclusion of legacy casework

New asylum cases

Initial decisions and conclusions

Applicants previously removed from the UK

Key issue: a growing backlog of cases pending an initial decision for more than 6 months

Immigration

Number of visas issued and grants for settlement

Processing of in-country immigration cases

Processing of out of country immigration cases

Key issue: backlog of in-country immigration applications