HC Deb 23 January 2002 vol 378 c886W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many applications for a visa to visit family members in the United Kingdom were refused in(a) November and (b) December 2001. [28787]

Mr. Bradshaw

Provisional figures, based on monthly statistical returns from the largest 110 entry clearance posts handling 98 per cent, of all visa applications are:

  • Refused November 2001: 3,8461
  • Refused December 2001: 2,1642
  • 1 Figures from six posts still awaited.
  • 2 Figures from 29 posts still awaited.

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