Written question asked by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (Conservative) on Monday, 14 July 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 17 July 2008. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Tuesday, 22 July 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.

Entry Clearances: Iran

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for visas from Iranian citizens have been made in each of the last 36 months; and what percentage of applications in each month was successful.

Answer

[holding answer 17 July 2008]: The information requested is given in the following table.

	Applications received from Iranian citizens	Percentage issued
July 2005	4,788	76.7
August 2005	4,360	80.0
September 2005	2,750	84.4
October 2005	2,729	85.5
November 2005	2,869	88.0
December 2005	2,659	88.2
January 2006	2,464	91.2
February 2006	3,409	83.9
March 2006	3,712	91.1
April 2006	3,107	93.1
May 2006	5,148	84.8
June 2006	4,960	89.8
July 2006	6,145	91.9
August 2006	5,783	86.0
September 2006	3,335	84.9
October 2006	3,004	84.3
November 2006	3,174	88.6
December 2006	3,015	80.3
January 2007	2,599	83.7
February 2007	3,687	81.6
March 2007	3,729	79.9
April 2007	2,738	86.7
May 2007	4,330	79.1
June 2007	4,939	83.6
July 2007	5,557	76.0
August 2007	5,550	74.0
September 2007	3,376	91.9
October 2007	2,995	75.6
November 2007	3,075	78.0
December 2007	3,014	75.6
January 2008	2,235	77.6
February 2008	3,207	74.2
March 2008	3,172	74.7
April 2008	3,441	70.2
May 2008	2,858	67.6
June 2008	5,122	67.2
Source:
Central Reference System

Secondary information