Question follow-through · 34443
Visas: Married People
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of spousal visas granted to people who were (a) first and (b) second cousins to their spouse in 2024.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 27 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 6 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of spousal visas granted to people who were (a) first and (b) second cousins to their spouse in 2024.
3 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Mar 2025
Answer published
I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer I gave him on 20 December 2024 in response to Question UIN 19992.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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