i doubt any backlogs will go because of job cuts at UKBA..
from http://www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk/U...ail/story.html
So far there have been 180 redundancies at the UK Border Agency (UKBA), in Wellesley Road, which is one of Croydon's biggest employers. A further 291 are expected in October. of job cuts at UKBA