Entry Clearances

Martin Linton
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applicants for indefinite leave to remain under the 14-year long-stay concession have been waiting for a decision for more than (a) two years, (b) three years and (c) five years.

Mr. Byrne
[holding answer 26 July 2007]: The information requested could be obtained only by the detailed examination of individual case records at disproportionate cost.