Question follow-through · 3542
Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications were refused in each year of the last 5 years, broken down by visa category.
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
- 20 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jun 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Immigration and borders
- Visas: Overseas Students · 21 May 2026
- Visas: Overseas Students · 21 May 2026
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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
20 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications were refused in each year of the last 5 years, broken down by visa category.
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas, by visa type, in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on outcomes of visa applications, including refusals, are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance vi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Visas: Overseas Students
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Visas: Overseas Students
21 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training and quality assurance processes are in place for staff assessing student visa applications where refusals are made on grounds of course credibility or academic progression.
Visas: Overseas Students
21 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how her Department monitors refusal rates for student visa's linked to the grounds of course credibility or academic progression.
Visas: Overseas Students
21 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms exist for universities to challenge or seek clarification where refusal of student visas appear to result from a misunderstanding of course structure or progression pathways.