PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Home Office: Urdu (26 February 2019)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Urdu speakers are employed at the (a) British high commission in Islamabad and (b) Home Office to investigate the background of people applying for entry clearance.

Asked by:
Dame Siobhain McDonagh (Labour)

UKVI human resources do not compile information on the number staff employed in the British High Commission in Islamabad, or at the Home Office, who assess entry clearance applications and who speak Urdu.

In assessing applications for entry clearance, UKVI complies with the Home Office policy for the use of translators.

Answered by:
Caroline Nokes (Conservative)
1 March 2019