HC Deb 19 September 2003 vol 410 cc1119-21W
Keith Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many visitor visa

Mumbai New Delhi Dhaka Islamabad Tehran Nicosia Accra Lagos Nairobi
Received
January 825 1,210 410 619 645 297 2,039 1,558 173
February 840 962 289 723 798 139 1,879 1,145 187
March 1,384 1,468 421 2,281 855 189 1,749 1,019 116
April 2,314 2,499 383 1,852 89 196 2,198 582 199
May 2,610 3,172 409 1,447 1,592 223 2,378 643 147
June 2,700 3,520 807 2,057 2,009 487 1,999 940 543
July 2,862 3,747 1,238 2,865 1,911 485 1,975 1,057 749
Issued
January 659 584 116 524 504 284 725 1,281 146
February 690 458 99 631 602 126 701 130 156
March 1,202 810 144 2,263 635 1174 737 197 58
April 2,016 1,726 77 1,827 98 1174 1,131 318 152
May 1,984 2,272 123 1,393 1,339 456 1,225 456 128
June 2,044 2,265 467 1,943 1,674 454 1,205 559 464
July 2,336 2,579 830 2,563 1,508 449 1,346 681 618
Refused
January 219 626 247 95 134 13 1,317 264 27
February 198 504 190 92 190 13 1,213 649 31
March 305 658 277 18 220 15 1,083 706 58
April 418 773 306 25 22 1,053 341 43
May 658 900 232 54 253 17 1,151 344 16
June 713 1,223 251 114 300 33 838 385 58
July 589 1,168 315 302 403 36 638 340 80
1 Figures given for March and April in Nicosia have been double—checked. The identical figure is coincidental.

The discrepancies in these figures are due to the fact that applications can be carried forward from one month to the next before being resolved, and applications can be withdrawn during processing and still count as an application received. Post are also required to count all applications received (a mother and three children on one passport may count as four applications, but one entry clearance may be issued).

Keith Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many family visitor visa applications were(a) received, (b) determined and applications were (a) received, (b) determined and (c) refused at entry clearance posts worldwide in each month since 1 January. [131097]

Mr. Mullin

Worldwide statistics for all visitor visas are collated by financial year (1 April to 31 March) only, and are not available on a monthly basis. During the financial year 2002–03 the worldwide figures for the number of visitor visa applications that were received, determined and refused were as follows:

Applications Number
(a) Received 1,421,597
(b) Determined 1,219,169
(c) Refused 175,434

Keith Vaz:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many family visitor visa applications were (a) received, (b) determined and (c) refused at (i) Mumbai, (ii) New Delhi, (iii) Dhaka, (iv) Islamabad, (v) Tehran, (vi) Nicosia, (vii) Accra, (viii) Lagos and (ix) Nairobi in each month since 1 January. [131098]

Mr. Mullin

The following table shows the statistics requested up to July, after which figures are not yet available.

(c) refused at entry clearance posts in (i) South Asia region, (ii) Middle East region, (iii) Far East region, (iv) Central Europe region, (v) Southern Europe region, (vi) Western Europe region, (vii) Equatorial Africa region, (viii) Southern Africa region and (ix) Near East and North Africa region in each month since 1 January. [131099]

Mr. Mullin

The following table shows the statistics requested up to July, after which figures are not yet available.

South Asia Middle East Far East Central Europe Southern Europe Western Europe Equatorial Africa Southern Africa Near East/North Africa
Received
January 3,618 962 798 1,497 1,712 969 4,403 1,253 1,202
February 3,528 1,055 502 1,400 1,575 1,138 3,792 456 941
March 6,836 1,081 794 1,731 1,974 1,519 3,634 518 976
April 8,846 322 789 1,850 2,088 11,733 3,861 616 1,270
May 9,492 2,166 557 2,153 2,501 1,649 4,120 513 1,428
June 11,066 2,912 1,256 2,994 3,397 2,017 4,868 1,055 2,257
July 12,655 2,565 1,629 3,233 3,636 2,767 5,110 1,523 2,718
Issued
January 2,467 761 725 1,396 1,616 901 2,561 720 1,006
February 2,615 779 416 1,220 1,383 993 1,364 279 787
March 5,658 822 719 1,548 1,792 1,368 1,424 263 795
April 7,297 271 675 1,577 1,801 1,614 2,094 375 948
May 7,515 1,829 502 1,945 2,264 1,497 2,510 340 1,144
June 8,565 2,485 1,172 2,721 3,110 2,007 3,166 678 1,912
July 9,964 2,049 1,489 2,983 3,370 2,870 3,568 1,008 2,244
Refused
January 1,317 217 58 124 136 71 1,874 516 166
February 1,088 260 80 115 127 61 2,138 188 152
March 1,339 263 86 110 129 98 2,135 246 123
April 1,688 53 99 122 137 109 1,833 245 235
May 2,024 316 61 166 181 90 1,785 139 276
June 2,473 391 75 223 248 87 1,732 430 265
July 2,685 501 135 235 250 163 1,441 509 369

The discrepancies in these figures are due to the fact that applications can be carried forward from one month to the next before being resolved, and applications can be withdrawn during processing and still count as an application received. Posts are also required to count all applications received (a mother and three children on one passport may count as four applications, but one entry clearance may be issued).

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