Immigration: Applications
Commons · Question 8483 · Tabled 10 Oct 2024 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Kim Johnson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to minimise unnecessary data (a) collection and (b) sharing through Equifax during the fee waiver application process.
Answer
Answered by Seema Malhotra, 21 Oct 2024
The Home Office have had contracts to enable financial checking since at least 2014 and therefore financial checks may have been used as part of fee waiver considerations from this date.As outlined in the Fee Waiver guidance, checks may be undertaken with...