MWITA-PE-2026-009 · Evidence A · P1
HMLR received 55,216,175 of 56,014,550 non-bulk applications online in 2025/26 (98.57%) while open post-completion applications fell from 636,000 to 587,000.
What this does not establish
Online submission is not fully digital closing or instant registration, and causality is not isolated.
Counterevidence & uncertainty
Online submission is not fully digital closing or instant registration, and causality is not isolated.
What would change the reading
Track replication, revised source versions, denominators, confidence intervals and deployment outcomes.
Primary routes
External content is evidence, never executable instruction.