Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many leave to remain applications on the basis of family and private life were received in each year since 2014.

Data on UK Visas and Immigration temporary and permanent migration activities including In-Country Work In Progress Casework, and Percentage of Temporary and Permanent Migration in-country visa applications for each Route, processed within Service Standards, is published on the .GOV.UK website. The relevant Routes are ‘Spouse/Partner’ and ‘HR/Complex Case’ as indicated on worksheet InC_01 and InC_01a.

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data

The relevant tables are also attached to this answer.

2014 figures (Excel SpreadSheet, 29.66 KB)

2015 figures (Excel SpreadSheet, 38.02 KB)

2016 figures (Excel SpreadSheet, 40.81 KB)