Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of publishing reasons for denial of visitor visas in high profile cases.

The Home Office ensures that all applicants for visit visas receive clear and detailed reasons where their application is refused. These reasons are set out in an individual refusal letter issued directly to the applicant.

As these letters contain personal data relating to the individual applicant, they are protected under data protection legislation, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). It would therefore not be appropriate to publish them more widely.

However, applicants are free to share their own refusal decision if they wish to do so.