Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) applications for leave to remain and (b) written communications from Members of Parliament on behalf of their constituents have been received by UK Visas and Immigration in each of the last five years.

Data on the number of MP enquiries made to the department, which includes both letters and emails, as well as information on the number of applications for leave to remain for in-and-out of country routes are published at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data