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Mr. Vaz
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current backlog at the registry in the immigration and nationality department; and what are the current numbers of outstanding applications in each division.
Mr. Peter Lloyd
At the beginning of January the backlog in the immigration and nationality department registry was 29,842 and the number of outstanding applications in the caseworking divisions was as follows:
| Number | |
| General immigration casework | 21,208 |
| Asylum and related casework | 68,500 |
| Nationality | 51,723 |