Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many Hong Kong citizens have entered the UK since the introduction of that territory's National Security Law (1) using the British National (Overseas) route, and (2) as asylum seekers; and in each case, what was the age profile in terms of (a) absolute number, and (b) relative percentage, for each age cohort of five years.

The Home Office publishes data on asylum and visas in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on asylum applications and initial decisions by nationality and age group can be found in tables Asy_D01 and Asy_D02 respectively of the ‘asylum and resettlement detailed datasets’. Please note that data relates to asylum applications and initial decisions and does not represent arrivals to the UK.

As at the end of March 2023 113,500 individuals have arrived in the UK using an out of country BN(O) visa. At this time we are unable to break down this figure by age. Additionally, data on BN(O) route visa applications and outcomes can be found in tables Vis_D01 and Vis_D02 respectively of the ‘managed migration datasets’.

Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks. The latest data relate to the year ending March 2023.