Question follow-through · 120267
Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference her Department’s press release entitled Visa brake imposed on 4 countries after widespread visa abuse, published on 4 March 2026, whether the block will apply to applicants who have bee
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
- 11 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 17 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference her Department’s press release entitled Visa brake imposed on 4 countries after widespread visa abuse, published on 4 March 2026, whether the block will apply to applicants who have bee
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Mar 2026
Answer published
It is estimated that the brake will reduce the number of asylum claims from migrants arriving in the UK on visas by 1,400 over an 18-month period.The brake does not cancel existing visas, nor does it change the conditions of visas already granted.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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