Neil O'Brien MP: written questions
4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress
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Written questions
Asylum: Overseas StudentsHome OfficeTabled 14 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29480More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2026 to Question 28021, for what reason a breakdown of asylum claimants who previously held a study visa by sponsoring institution is not currently published.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Overseas StudentsHome OfficeTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who claimed asylum in the UK in each of the last five years had previously held a Student visa, by sponsoring institution.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’.Data on the number of people claiming asylum by route prior to claim is published in table Asy_D01a of the ‘Asylum claims and initial decisions datasets’. Th...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEntry Clearances: Care WorkersHome OfficeTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were granted entry clearance under the Health and Care Worker route in the last 12 months for which data is available, broken down by age group.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas by visa type and year in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on grants of visa applications are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset. The...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEntry Clearances: Migrant WorkersHome OfficeTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were granted entry clearance under the Graduate route in the last 12 months for which data is available, broken down by age group.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas by visa type and year in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on grants of visa applications are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset. The...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEntry Clearances: Overseas StudentsHome OfficeTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were granted entry clearance under the Student route in the last 12 months for which data is available, broken down by age group.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas by visa type and year in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on grants of visa applications are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset. The...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEntry Clearances: Skilled WorkersHome OfficeTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27514More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were granted entry clearance under the Skilled Worker route in the last 12 months for which data is available, broken down by age group.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas by visa type and year in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on grants of visa applications are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset. The...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEntry Clearances: Ministers of ReligionHome OfficeTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were granted entry clearance under (a) the Religious Worker route and (b) the Tier 2 (Minister of Religion) route in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas by visa type and year in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on grants of visa applications are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset. The...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBritish NationalityHome OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason her Department has stopped publishing the age of those granted British citizenship since 2021.
Answer: Due to data quality issues arising from the transition from the Home Office’s Case Information Database (CID) to the newer Atlas caseworking system, data from 2021 onwards cannot currently be provided at the same level of detail as for earlier years. This...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: SponsorshipHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21404More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled "Mahmood: My reforms will save the asylum system for a generation", published on 30 June 2026, whether local authorities will retain a role in consenting t
Answer: The new safe and legal routes, announced in the Restoring Order and Control statement, will enable community groups, universities and employers to identify refugees they wish to sponsor, including individuals known to them. Any individual proposed for spo...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: SponsorshipHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21403More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled Mahmood: My reforms will save the asylum system for a generation, published on 30 June 2026, what the fundraising and legal status requirements will be for
Answer: The new safe and legal routes, announced in the Restoring Order and Control statement, will enable community groups, universities and employers to identify refugees they wish to sponsor, including individuals known to them. Any individual proposed for spo...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: SponsorshipHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21402More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled "Mahmood: My reforms will save the asylum system for a generation", published on 30 June 2026, whether universities, employers or local groups sponsoring r
Answer: The new safe and legal routes, announced in the Restoring Order and Control statement, will enable community groups, universities and employers to identify refugees they wish to sponsor, including individuals known to them. Any individual proposed for spo...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: SponsorshipHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled "Mahmood: My reforms will save the asylum system for a generation", published on 30 June 2026, whether an annual cap will be placed on the number of arriva
Answer: The new safe and legal routes, announced in the Restoring Order and Control statement, will enable community groups, universities and employers to identify refugees they wish to sponsor, including individuals known to them. Any individual proposed for spo...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ResettlementHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled "Mahmood: My reforms will save the asylum system for a generation", published on 30 June 2026, what estimate has been made of the number of refugees expect
Answer: The new safe and legal routes, announced in the Restoring Order and Control statement, will enable community groups, universities and employers to identify refugees they wish to sponsor, including individuals known to them. Any individual proposed for spo...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: SponsorshipHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled "Mahmood: My reforms will save the asylum system for a generation", published on 30 June 2026, whether refugees will be prioritised for resettlement under
Answer: The new safe and legal routes, announced in the Restoring Order and Control statement, will enable community groups, universities and employers to identify refugees they wish to sponsor, including individuals known to them. Any individual proposed for spo...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: SponsorshipHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21398More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled "Mahmood: My reforms will save the asylum system for a generation", published on 30 June 2026, whether sponsor groups will be permitted to nominate individ
Answer: The new safe and legal routes, announced in the Restoring Order and Control statement, will enable community groups, universities and employers to identify refugees they wish to sponsor, including individuals known to them. Any individual proposed for spo...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordVisas: SponsorshipHome OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of UKVI sponsor-compliance decisions are made via a) desk-based assessments and b) on-site visits.
Answer: The Home Office does not publish sponsored study visa data broken down by individual Higher Education Institution. However, published data on sponsored study visas is available in the Home Office’s immigration statistics at: Student sponsor guidance - GOV...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordVisas: SponsorshipHome OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the UK Visas and Immigration's document entitled Register of licensed sponsors: students, updated on 8 July 2026, how many students were sponsored by each Higher Education Institutio
Answer: The Home Office does not publish sponsored study visa data broken down by individual Higher Education Institution. However, published data on sponsored study visas is available in the Home Office’s immigration statistics at: Student sponsor guidance - GOV...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
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