Question follow-through · 50055

Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of which nationalities are most likely to overstay their visa.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
6 May 2025
Target answer date
8 May 2025
Answer
15 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of which nationalities are most likely to overstay their visa.

  2. 8 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 May 2025

    Answer published

    The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration system under regular review, in consultation with a wide range of experts and stakeholders, and published a white paper on Immigration on 12th May setting out our proposed reforms in a range of areas, i...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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