Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2023 to Question 4737 on Visas: Applications, what proportion of UK Visa and Citizenship Application service appointments in Oxford were (a) free and (b) chargeable between 1 June and 30 November 2023.

The UK Visa & Citizenship Application service in Oxford initially opened as a ‘pop-up’ on 30^th May 2023 to meet demand in the South East region. All appointments were chargeable initially with a good supply of free appointments available in the wider region. A mix of free and chargeable appointments were made available in Oxford from August 2023 and over 50% of available appointments have been free to the customer since.