Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the category of visa held by a departing person is recorded when exit checks are undertaken at UK borders; and, if that data are collected, whether they will publish that data.

The type of visa held by an individual is not gathered as part of the exit checks process at the point of departure. Exit checks data forms one part of the information that is held on an individual’s travel and can be compared to arrival and visa records.

Home Office statisticians are considering the use of the data collected for statistical reporting purposes, and plan to publish an initial report on 26 May 2016.