Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many entry clearance visa applications were received in the last six months.
The information requested is provided in the table below. Data is provided for the last two years to put the seasonal nature of this data into context.
The latest Home Office immigration statistics, including those for entry clearance visas shown in the table above, are published in the release Immigration Statistics April – June 2014, which is available from the Library of the House and on the Department’s website at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics
Immigration statistics for July - September 2014 will be published on 27 November.