Kirsty Blackman: Home Office: Written Answers (52)

Written Question

Migrant Workers: Free Movement of People

Friday 20th January 2017

Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals for Directive 2014/54/EU on measures facilitating the exercise of rights conferred on workers in the context of freedom of movement for workers to be transposed into UK law.

Answered by Robert Goodwill

The UK already broadly fulfils the obligations set out in the Directive and these are reflected in our domestic laws.

Written Question

Home Office: EU Law

Tuesday 17th January 2017

Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which EU directives relating to her Department's responsibilities are awaiting transposition into UK law.

Answered by Robert Goodwill

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Harrow West, UIN 48180, on 19 October 2016.

Written Question

Visas

Monday 4th July 2016

Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of applications for visitor visas from each country were accepted in the most recent year for which records are available.

Answered by James Brokenshire

The information requested is given in the table below:

Entry clearance visa cases resolved in 2015 by nationality:visitor visas (including dependants).

			of which
	Country of nationality	Resolved/Decisions	Granted	% Granted
	All nationalities	2,225,339	1,914,072	86%
	of which

	China	421,302	397,764	94%
	India	411,576	367,243	89%
	Nigeria	131,540	88,367	67%
	Russia	114,383	109,717	96%
	Saudi Arabia	104,555	103,534	99%
	Turkey	96,824	89,665	93%
	South Africa	92,274	90,788	98%
	Pakistan	90,414	44,989	50%
	Kuwait	87,484	86,991	99%
	Thailand	61,790	58,000	94%
	Egypt	40,830	32,869	81%
	Philippines	40,315	35,867	89%
	Ukraine	34,659	27,671	80%
	Indonesia	33,253	31,911	96%
	Ghana	26,533	15,251	57%
	Sri Lanka	24,199	17,722	73%
	Colombia	23,413	22,636	97%
	Bangladesh	21,713	9,389	43%
	Algeria	21,290	14,851	70%
	Lebanon	17,750	14,930	84%
	Kenya	14,997	12,822	85%
	Morocco	14,827	13,115	88%
	Jordan	14,371	11,897	83%
	Iran	14,255	8,152	57%
	Vietnam	13,674	11,822	86%
	Kazakhstan	12,988	12,429	96%
	Serbia	11,896	10,858	91%
	Bahrain	10,955	10,778	98%
	Zimbabwe	9,884	6,287	64%
	Venezuela	9,873	8,823	89%
	Iraq	9,419	2,717	29%
	Belarus	9,101	8,577	94%
	Qatar	8,288	8,238	99%
	Azerbaijan	7,377	6,813	92%
	Nepal	7,292	5,235	72%
	United Arab Emirates	7,263	7,240	100%
	Jamaica	7,101	4,995	70%
	Albania	6,732	4,681	70%
	Peru	6,696	6,372	95%
	Sudan	6,183	2,414	39%
	Uganda	5,968	4,041	68%
	Tunisia	5,738	4,871	85%
	Georgia	5,362	4,169	78%
	Refugee	5,290	3,702	70%
	Syria	4,941	1,266	26%
	Tanzania	4,796	4,141	86%
	Kosovo	4,416	3,116	71%
	Cameroon	4,094	2,771	68%
	Occupied Palestinian Territories	3,835	2,224	58%
	Angola	3,665	2,697	74%
	Zambia	3,586	3,010	84%
	Ecuador	3,423	3,207	94%
	Ethiopia	3,142	2,238	71%
	Macedonia	3,134	2,739	87%
	Congo (Democratic Republic)	2,961	1,457	49%
	Uzbekistan	2,778	2,076	75%
	Yemen	2,711	689	25%
	Libya	2,627	1,121	43%
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,550	2,156	85%
	Gambia, The	2,544	1,063	42%
	Burma	2,505	1,926	77%
	Sierra Leone	2,452	1,545	63%
	Afghanistan	2,393	981	41%
	Armenia	2,356	2,237	95%
*	United States	2,065	1,500	73%
	Ivory Coast	1,998	1,346	67%
	Other and unknown	1,986	1,387	70%
	Cuba	1,847	1,558	84%
	Senegal	1,665	1,016	61%
	Mongolia	1,664	1,407	85%
	Dominican Republic	1,655	1,524	92%
	Malawi	1,618	1,316	81%
	Oman	1,256	1,235	98%
	Moldova	1,246	920	74%
	Cambodia	1,042	832	80%
	Montenegro	1,027	944	92%
	Fiji	1,004	878	87%
	Bolivia	984	901	92%
	Mozambique	975	852	87%
	Guyana	909	734	81%
*	Hong Kong	881	771	88%
	Kyrgyzstan	877	724	83%
	Turkmenistan	823	692	84%
	Rwanda	813	668	82%
*	Australia	740	627	85%
	Guinea	649	372	57%
	Congo	624	392	63%
	Eritrea	583	221	38%
*	Brazil	565	422	75%
	Laos	490	407	83%
*	Canada	444	353	80%
	Benin	407	275	68%
	Madagascar	393	344	88%
	Mali	388	260	67%
	Togo	341	217	64%
	Somalia	338	129	38%
	Liberia	330	218	66%
	Swaziland	318	294	92%
*	Japan	306	274	90%
	Tajikistan	306	238	78%
	Gabon	302	249	82%
	Burkina	295	233	79%
	Haiti	265	230	87%
*	Malaysia	264	208	79%
	Comoros	262	199	76%
	Sudan (South)	248	166	67%
*	Korea (South)	237	217	92%
	Lesotho	232	212	91%
	Cyprus	225	136	60%
	Taiwan	217	203	94%
	Stateless	214	151	71%
*	New Zealand	208	163	78%
	Djibouti	182	106	58%
	Burundi	181	123	68%
	Mauritania	172	147	85%
*	Mexico	143	109	76%
	Bhutan	126	113	90%
	Chad	124	91	73%
	Niger	124	85	69%
	Surinam	120	108	90%
	Guinea-Bissau	115	58	50%
	Cape Verde	107	67	63%
*	Israel	105	72	69%

	Other nationalities	778	515	66%

Grand Total	2,225,339	1,914,072	86%

Notes

*Non-visa national. Such nationalities do not normally require a visa to enter the UK as a visitor for stays of less than 6 months

Proportion of visitor visas granted relate to visas for which a decision was made in 2015, and may include cases where applications were made in 2014

Data based on nationality as recorded; data shown for nationalites with at least 100 cases decided

Source:
Immigration Statistics January-March 2016, visas volume 1 table vi_01_q
and corresponding datasets.

The proportion granted varies by nationality reflecting a number of factors, including the evidence submitted in individual applications, whether applicants are eligible, and UKVI’s assessment of whether an applicant is a genuine visitor. Detailed information on how UK Visas and Immigration makes decisions on visitor cases is published at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visit-guidance The latest quarterly Home Office immigration statistics on entry clearance visas are published in ‘Immigration Statistics’, available from the Home Office website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics

Written Question

Asylum

Wednesday 15th June 2016

Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied asylum seeking children were denied permanent asylum having applied as an adult in 2015.

Answered by James Brokenshire

When a child passes the age of 18 and their Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) leave expires, they are no longer considered to be a UASC and are therefore required to take steps to return voluntarily or seek further leave to remain. Our records show that the number of main asylum claimants under the age of 18 years of age, who were granted UASC leave based on an asylum claim made on or after 1 April 2005 , who went on to submit a further leave application in 2015 and were refused is 311.

Written Question

Home Office: Freedom of Information

Thursday 8th October 2015

Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hours her Department spent on processing freedom of information requests in each of the last 24 months.

Answered by Karen Bradley

The number of hours spent on this activity in the Home Office is not separately identifiable.

Written Question

Visas: Sponsorship

Monday 14th September 2015

Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers have (a) applied for and (b) been refused UK Visa and Immigration sponsorship status in each of the last 10 six month periods.

Answered by James Brokenshire

The table below shows the number of applications made by employers for a sponsor licence, and the number of applications that were refused, in each of the last 10 six month periods.

Table 1

2010	Jan-Jun	Jul-Dec	2011	Jan-Jun	Jul-Dec
Applied	-	6129	Applied	5221	4377
Refused	-	367	Refused	559	630

2012	Jan-Jun	Jul-Dec	2013	Jan-Jun	Jul-Dec
Applied	3861	3855	Applied	4236	4448
Refused	563	405	Refused	412	522

2014	Jan-Jun	Jul-Dec	2015	Jan-Jun	Jul-Dec
Applied	4273	4002	Applied	3691	-
Refused	724	994	Refused	800	-

Note 1: The number of applications received includes all applications for a sponsor licence under the Tiers and sub-categories that permit employment.

Note 2: Not all applications refused in a given six month period were received in the same six month period.

Note 3: An application for multiple Tiers and/or categories may be partially granted; therefore refusals also includes those application where a licence may have been granted under one Tier, but refused under a different Tier.

Written Question

Asylum: Children

Monday 14th September 2015

Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people granted temporary asylum as children have been denied permanent asylum upon applying as an adult by country of origin in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by James Brokenshire

The Home Office does not return Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) whose claims have been refused, unless adequate reception arrangements are in place in the country to which the child is to be returned. If adequate reception arrangements are absent, most unaccompanied children are granted temporary leave to remain (UASC Leave) which usually continues until their 18th birthday. When a child passes the age of 18 and their UASC Leave expires, they are no longer considered to be an unaccompanied asylum seeking child and are therefore required to take steps to return voluntarily or seek further leave to remain. If the individual does not seek to regularise their stay through further applications or leave is not granted they may be removed should they fail to leave voluntarily. The table below provides the number of people granted UASC Leave as children and who have been denied permanent asylum upon applying as an adult by country of origin in each of the last 10 years:

	Year of Further Leave Application
	2006	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Afghanistan	Less than 5	13	56	206	445	502	385	281	150	78
Albania	0	0	Less than 5	7	26	18	29	49	92	54
Algeria	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	7	7	7	8	14	Less than 5	5
Angola	0	Less than 5	0	5	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	0
Bangladesh	0	0	Less than 5	15	25	21	19	13	18	5
Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0
Burundi	0	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	0	0
Cameroon	0	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	0
Chad	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	0	0
China	0	Less than 5	10	20	21	19	5	Less than 5	Less than 5	0
Congo	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	0	0	0
Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	0	0	Less than 5
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	0
Democratic Republic of the Congo	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	7	7	6	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	0
Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	Less than 5
Eritrea	0	0	Less than 5	10	12	8	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5
Ethiopia	Less than 5	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	0
Gambia	Less than 5	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	0	0
Georgia	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	0	0
Ghana	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	0
Guinea	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	Less than 5
Guinea Bissau	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	0	0	0	0
India	0	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	7	Less than 5	9	Less than 5	Less than 5
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Less than 5	7	11	67	97	84	66	52	30	12
Iraq	Less than 5	Less than 5	8	75	133	91	34	12	5	5
Jamaica	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0
Jordan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5
Kenya	0	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	0	0	0	0
Kosovo	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	0
Kuwait	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	0
Kuwait Bidoun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5
Liberia	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	0
Libya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	0
Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of)	0	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	Less than 5
Mauritius	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5
Moldova, Republic of	0	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	0	0	0	0
Mongolia	0	Less than 5	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	0	Less than 5	0
Morocco	0	Less than 5	0	0	0	6	Less than 5	8	9	5
Nationality Currently Unknown	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5
Nigeria	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	7	5	Less than 5	7	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5
Pakistan	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	11	21	28	10	10	Less than 5	Less than 5
Palestinian Authority	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	12	7	11	7	Less than 5	0
Republic of Serbia	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Russian Federation	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	0	0
Sierra Leone	0	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	0	Less than 5
Somalia	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	6	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5
South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	0	0
Sri Lanka	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	10	12	10	8	11	Less than 5
Stateless Person (Article 1 of 1954 Convention)	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	0	0	0
Sudan	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5
Syria Arab Republic	0	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	5	0	0	Less than 5	0
Togo	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	0	0	0
Tunisia	0	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	0
Turkey	0	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	6	5	Less than 5	6	5	Less than 5
Uganda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0
United Rep of Tanzania	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	0
Unspecified Nationality	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	0	0	0
Vietnam	0	0	0	5	Less than 5	5	12	9	14	8
Western Sahara	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	0	0
Yemen	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	0	0	0
Zimbabwe	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	0	0	Less than 5
Grand Total	6	50	114	483	870	871	631	505	374	204

The table below provides the number of people granted UASC Leave as children, having arrived in the UK under the age of 12, and who have been denied permanent asylum upon applying as an adult in each of the last 10 years:

	Year of Further Leave Application
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Afghanistan	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	Less than 5
Bangladesh	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	0
Eritrea	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	0	0	0
Sri Lanka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5
Zimbabwe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5
Grand Total	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	5	Less than 5

The Home Office statistics on asylum applications and initial decisions for UASC are published quarterly in ‘Immigration Statistics, April to June 2015: data tables’, available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office website: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2015-data-tables.

Written Question

Asylum: Children

Monday 14th September 2015

Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people granted temporary asylum as children, having arrived in the UK under the age of 12, have been denied permanent asylum upon applying as an adult in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by James Brokenshire

	Year of Further Leave Application
	2006	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Afghanistan	Less than 5	13	56	206	445	502	385	281	150	78
Albania	0	0	Less than 5	7	26	18	29	49	92	54
Algeria	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	7	7	7	8	14	Less than 5	5
Angola	0	Less than 5	0	5	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	0
Bangladesh	0	0	Less than 5	15	25	21	19	13	18	5
Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0
Burundi	0	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	0	0
Cameroon	0	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	0
Chad	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	0	0
China	0	Less than 5	10	20	21	19	5	Less than 5	Less than 5	0
Congo	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	0	0	0
Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	0	0	Less than 5
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	0
Democratic Republic of the Congo	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	7	7	6	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	0
Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	Less than 5
Eritrea	0	0	Less than 5	10	12	8	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5
Ethiopia	Less than 5	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	0
Gambia	Less than 5	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	0	0
Georgia	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	0	0
Ghana	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	0
Guinea	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	Less than 5
Guinea Bissau	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	0	0	0	0
India	0	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	7	Less than 5	9	Less than 5	Less than 5
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Less than 5	7	11	67	97	84	66	52	30	12
Iraq	Less than 5	Less than 5	8	75	133	91	34	12	5	5
Jamaica	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0
Jordan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5
Kenya	0	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	0	0	0	0
Kosovo	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	0
Kuwait	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	0
Kuwait Bidoun	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5
Liberia	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	0
Libya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	0
Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of)	0	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	Less than 5
Mauritius	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5
Moldova, Republic of	0	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	0	0	0	0
Mongolia	0	Less than 5	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	0	Less than 5	0
Morocco	0	Less than 5	0	0	0	6	Less than 5	8	9	5
Nationality Currently Unknown	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5
Nigeria	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	7	5	Less than 5	7	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5
Pakistan	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	11	21	28	10	10	Less than 5	Less than 5
Palestinian Authority	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	12	7	11	7	Less than 5	0
Republic of Serbia	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Russian Federation	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	0	0
Sierra Leone	0	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	0	Less than 5
Somalia	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	6	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5
South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	0	0
Sri Lanka	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	10	12	10	8	11	Less than 5
Stateless Person (Article 1 of 1954 Convention)	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	0	0	0
Sudan	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5
Syria Arab Republic	0	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	5	0	0	Less than 5	0
Togo	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	0	0	0
Tunisia	0	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	0
Turkey	0	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	6	5	Less than 5	6	5	Less than 5
Uganda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0
United Rep of Tanzania	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	0
Unspecified Nationality	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	0	0	0
Vietnam	0	0	0	5	Less than 5	5	12	9	14	8
Western Sahara	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	0	0
Yemen	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	0	0	0
Zimbabwe	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	0	0	Less than 5
Grand Total	6	50	114	483	870	871	631	505	374	204

	Year of Further Leave Application
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Afghanistan	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	Less than 5
Bangladesh	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	0
Eritrea	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	0	0	0	0	0
Sri Lanka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5
Zimbabwe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Less than 5
Grand Total	0	0	0	0	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	Less than 5	5	Less than 5

Written Question

Asylum: Children

Monday 7th September 2015

Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people granted temporary asylum as children have been denied permanent asylum upon applying as an adult in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by James Brokenshire

When a child passes the age of 18 and their Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) leave expires, they are no longer considered to be a UASC and are therefore required to take steps to return voluntarily or seek further leave to remain. If the individual does not seek to regularise their stay through further applications or leave is not granted they may be removed in accordance with the Immigration Rules and published Home Office policy should they fail to leave voluntarily.

The table below provides the number of individuals refused further leave in each of the last 10 years where they had been previously granted UASC leave.

Year of Further Leave Application	No of FL Refusals

2005	0

2006	6

2007	50

2008	156

2009	483

2010	870

2011	871

2012	631

2013	505

2014	374

Written Question

Visas

Tuesday 21st July 2015

Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of applications for visitor visas from each country were accepted in the last year for which records are available.

Answered by James Brokenshire

The information requested is given in the table below.

The latest Home Office immigration statistics on entry clearance visas, are published quarterly in the ‘Immigration Statistics, January-March 2015’, available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics

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