Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many tier one visas the Home Office issued in (a) 2018, (b) 2017, (c) 2016, (d) 2015 and (e) 2014.

Information on Tier 1 entry clearance visa applications and outcomes (grant-ed, refused, withdrawn, lapsed) is published on a quarterly basis in the Home Office’s ‘Immigration Statistics’, Visas data tables volume 1, table vi_01_q, latest edition at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables#visas

Corresponding data for Q4 (October to December) 2018 is planned to be published on 28 February 2019.