Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many applications were received for transit visas from (1) 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2023, and (2) 1 April 2023 to 31 May 2023; and of these, how many were for operatives in the fishing industry who work (a) within the 12 nautical miles off the coast of the UK, and (2) for international waters.

The Home Office publishes data on transit visa applications in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’.

Data on transit applications is published in table Vis_D01 of the Entry clearance detailed dataset of the quarterly publication. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to Q1 2023.

The Home Office does not record the reasons for the transit visa in a reportable format and to obtain the information requested could not be done without disproportionate cost.