Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

The Department publishes quarterly statistics on National Insurance number allocations to adult overseas nationals entering the UK with the latest statistics to June 2024 available by world area and country on Stat-Xplore. The number issued in the 12 months to June 2024 by world areas is shown in the table below.

NINO Registrations To Adult Overseas Nationals Entering The UK

Source: Stat-Xplore

Note: Statistical disclosure control has been applied to this table to avoid the release of confidential data. Totals may not sum due to the disclosure control applied.

The Department and NHS England do not hold this information. The statutory guidance on hospital discharge procedures, Hospital discharge and community support guidance, published in January 2024, sets out how local areas should plan and implement hospital discharge in order to support safe and timely discharge for all individuals. Further information on this guidance is available on the GOV.UK website, in an online only format.

In planning its operations, the Ministry of Defence takes the greatest possible care to minimise the risk of civilian casualties. Every mission carried out by Royal Air Force aircraft is assessed carefully, including for any evidence that civilian casualties resulting from British military action have been caused. All instances must be confirmed to Parliament.

On 29 April, UK forces participated in a joint operation with US forces against a Houthi military target in Yemen which careful intelligence analysis had identified was being used to manufacture long-range attack drones. This was the first UK strike on the Houthis since 30 May 2024, and was again conducted in self-defence and in line with the UK's longstanding policy.

We do not comment on other nations' military operations.

The Home Office publishes information on monthly Sponsored Study visa applications in the ‘Monthly entry clearance visa applications release’.

[Monthly entry clearance visa applications - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)]

Data on Sponsored Study visa applications from main applicants and dependants can be found in the accompanying dataset.

[Monthly monitoring of entry clearance visa applications - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)].

The Home Office also publishes quarterly data on Sponsored Study visas in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’ [Immigration system statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)]. Data on visa applications, by applicant type and nationality, are published in table Vis_D01 of ‘Entry clearance visas granted outside the UK’ [Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)]. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to Q2 (April to July) 2024.

Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’ [immigration - Research and statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)].

We do not comment on other nations’ military operations but can confirm that the UK airstrike on 29 April 2025 was conducted against a Houthi military target in Yemen. The action was undertaken jointly with the US to uphold the freedom of navigation.

Ahead of the UK strikes in Yemen on 29 April, the utmost care was taken during planning to minimise any risk to civilians or non-military infrastructure.

This included conducting the strikes in the hours of darkness, as this was a feasible precaution available during this particular mission to further mitigate any such risks.