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Written question asked by Lord Dubs (Labour) on Thursday, 12 June 2025, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 June 2025. It was answered by Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour) on Thursday, 26 June 2025 on behalf of the Home Office.


Immigration Controls: Children

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) applications, (2) grants, and (3) refusals, were made under Appendix Child Relative (Sponsors with Protection) of the Immigration Rules in (a) 2023, and (b) 2024.

Answer

The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas by year and visa type in the 'Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release'. Data on visa applications are published in 'Vis_D01' whilst data on the outcomes of visas are published in table 'Vis_D02' of the detailed entry clearance dataset. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the 'Notes' page of the workbook. Data is from January 2005 up to the end of March 2025.

For 2023 and 2024 the applications issued and refused are as follows:

Family: Child

2023

2024

Applications

10,407

11,711

Issued

9,646

9,391

Refused

2,955

3,912


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL8403
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Children Immigration controls
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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