To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to process naturalisation applications for which service standard processing times have been exceeded.

The most recent Migration Transparency data published in May 2023 shows that 98.4% of straightforward applications were decided within six months.

It is not always possible to conclude non-straightforward applications for citizenship within the published service standards. The Home Office actively monitors and reviews such cases on a regular basis, to ensure they can be progressed as soon as possible. Where a case is not straightforward, customers are contacted to explain that their application cannot be decided within the six months service standard.

The link to the latest Migration Transparency Data can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q1-2023