Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK visitor visas were issued in China in (a) 2012, (b) 2013, (c) 2014 and (d) 2015.

The available information relates to Chinese nationals and is provided in the table below.

UK Entry clearance visitor visas granted: Chinese nationals
(including dependants)

2012: 210,344
2013: 291,826
2014: 327,349
2015: 397,764

Notes

The figures above represent entry clearance visitor visas issued worldwide to Chinese nationals, not visas issued in China.

Source: Table vi_06_q_o, Immigration Statistics, October to December 2015

The latest quarterly Home Office immigration statistics on entry clearance visitor visas granted are published in ‘Immigration Statistics, October-December 2015’, Visas volume 3 table vi_06_q_o available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2015/list-of-tables#visas