Question follow-through · 93489

Electronic Travel Authorisations and Visas: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the number and proportion of asylum seekers who previously entered the UK on a) a visa or b) other leave with relevant

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
21 Nov 2025
Target answer date
25 Nov 2025
Answer
1 Dec 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the number and proportion of asylum seekers who previously entered the UK on a) a visa or b) other leave with relevant

  2. 25 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 1 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    This government has already taken action to stem the surge in asylum claims from visa holders, including record numbers of credibility interviews and mandating a genuine study requirement for short term student routes. The number of student visa holders c...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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