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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Entry Clearances: EEA Nationals (11 April 2016)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EEA family permits were issued overseas in each of the last five calendar years.

Asked by:
Sir Bernard Jenkin (Conservative)

Answer

The requested information is given in the table below:

Entry clearance visa grants: EEA Family Permits

Year

Granted

2011

19,885

2012

19,238

2013

22,893

2014

24,985

2015

30,309

Source:
Immigration Statistics Oct-Dec 2015, Home Office, tables vi_06_q_o.

The latest quarterly Home Office immigration statistics on entry clearance visas issued outside the UK, including EEA Family permits are published in ‘Immigration Statistics, October-December 2015’, Visas volume 3 table vi_06_q_o, latest edition available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office website at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2015/list-of-tables#visas


Answered by:
James Brokenshire (Conservative)
18 April 2016

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