Asked by: Baroness Manningham-Buller (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 11 December 2018 (HL11859), whether they will publish the number of visa refusals by nationality, rather than those at an aggregated level published in the quarterly immigration statistics; and why they do not publish this data currently.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
Information on refusals by nationality identifying delegates wishing to enter the UK to attend international scientific conferences and their reasons for such refusals is not recorded on centrally collated statistical databases and would require examination of individual case files at disproportionate cost
The information collected and published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics is kept under review, balancing user needs against burdens on suppliers, in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics
Asked by: Baroness Manningham-Buller (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many visas they have refused to delegates wishing to enter the UK to attend international scientific conferences; how many of those refusals were for applicants from low and middle income countries; and what were their reasons for such refusals.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
The information requested is not available in published data. Visa nationals travelling to the UK for this purpose would normally apply for a visit visa.
The large majority of entry clearance visit visa applications are granted. Information on grants and refusal rates for entry clearance visitor visas is published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics, Visas volume 1, table vi_01_q, latest edition at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables#visas