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Visas: Hong Kong

Asked by Blair McDougallLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 4 February 2025UIN 26641

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of Hong Kongers resident in the UK under the British National (Overseas) visa scheme by (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

The Home Office publishes data on the British National (Overseas) (BN(O)) route as part of the ‘Immigration System Statistics’ quarterly release, in the entry clearance visas and extensions detailed datasets.

The Home Office does not hold data on the number of Hong Kongers resident in the UK under the BN(O) route by parliamentary constituency or by local authority.

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