Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the proportion of those issued graduate visas in each of the years (1) 2021, (2) 2022 and (3) 2023 who (a) remain in the UK today, and (b) are expected to remain in the UK five years after their visa was first issued.

The Home Office published an Impact Assessment in March 2021 prior to the introduction of the Graduate route, which can be found at this link: Impact Assessment template (publishing.service.gov.uk). In addition, the Home Office publishes Migrant journey statistics which look at how migrants’ leave status changes over time. Future updates to this should provide insights into what people on the Graduate route do after their leave has expired.