Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to reports that fewer than one in 25 adult dependent visa applications were granted on the first attempt over a period of four years, whether her Department has made an assessment of the impact on the NHS of staff leaving to care for their adult dependents living abroad; and if she will make a statement.

It is not possible to make an assessment of the impact on the NHS of staff leaving to care for their relatives living abroad as the Home Office does not record the reason why individuals leave the UK.