Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications from India were processed using the (a) normal, (b) priority and (c) super priority visa service in 2013.

There were 361,135 visa applications processed in India during 2013. This figures includes all normal, priority and super priority applications.

As detailed in the answer to PQ189241 on 24 March 2014, there were 81,755 applications in India in 2013 where applicants opted to use a priority service. A "same day" service was launched in India on 15 May 2013, and from that date
to 31 December 2013, of the 81,755 applicants that used a priority service, 454 chose to use the "same day" service.