Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for family reunion visas under part 11 of the Immigration Rules were granted outside of those rules in (a) 2014, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016.

The specific information you have requested is not currently published.

Published statistics on visa applications in the Family category can be found online at the following address: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638590/entry-visas1-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods