Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many business visitor visas were granted to (a) Indian and (b) Chinese nationals in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

The numbers of business visitor visas issued to (a) Indian and (b) Chinese nationals in each of the last three years for which figures are available are set out in the following table.

Note: UK destination only. Visit-Business endorsement only.

Please note that all the figures given are sourced from management information which is not quality assured under National Statistics protocols and is subject to change due to internal data quality checking. Figures provided from this source do not constitute part of National Statistics and should be treated as provisional.

The UK is open for business to the brightest and best migrants and continues to welcome top global talent. Recent improvements to our visa services have reduced red tape and increased flexibility for businesses.