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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Visas: Pakistan (9 May 2016)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications from Pakistan for applicants wishing to visit the UK were (a) made, (b) accepted and (c) refused in (i) 2012, (ii) 2013, (iii) 2014 and (iv) 2015.

Asked by:
Naz Shah (Labour)

Answer

The number of visitor visa applications received, granted and refused from Pakistani nationals for the years 2012 to 2015 is set out in the table below:

Entry clearance visitor visa applications and resolutions (grants, refusals, withdrawn or lapsed)

Pakistani nationals

Applications

Resolved

of which

Year

Granted

%

Refused

%

Withdrawn or lapsed

2012

85,500

87,172

54,768

63%

32,115

37%

289

2013

85,749

88,901

61,578

69%

27,102

30%

221

2014

87,541

89,709

57,117

64%

32,332

36%

260

2015

90,066

90,414

44,989

50%

45,222

50%

203

Source:

Immigration Statistics October - December 2015, Home Office, tables vi_01_q, and corresponding datasets.

Notes. Some applications made in a particular year may be resolved (granted, refused, withdrawn or lapsed) in a subsequent year. For this reason the grant and refusal rates are calculated as proportions of the total resolved cases in each year, not the total applications.


Answered by:
James Brokenshire (Conservative)
12 May 2016

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