Question follow-through · 76834

Visas: Married People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many spousal visa applicants were exempted from the standard income threshold because their partner in the UK was receiving disability benefits in the last 12 months.

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
12 Sept 2025
Target answer date
13 Oct 2025
Answer
13 Oct 2025 · 31 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many spousal visa applicants were exempted from the standard income threshold because their partner in the UK was receiving disability benefits in the last 12 months.

  2. 13 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    Data on the number of spousal visa applications which have been exempted from the standard income threshold does not form part of our data sets and is not published.Obtaining the specific information requested would involve collating and verifying informa...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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