Written question asked by Nick Timothy (Conservative) on Wednesday, 7 January 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 January 2026. It was answered by Alex Norris (Labour) on Friday, 30 January 2026 on behalf of the Home Office.

Exclusion Orders

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals have been excluded from the UK since 2010, broken down by type of grounds for refusal.

Answer: The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas in the ‘Immigration system statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK’. Data on visa applications are published in table ‘Vis_D01’ whilst data on outcomes of visa applications are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data is from January 2005 up to the end of September 2025. Please note that data on refusals by reason is not available from published statistics.

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