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Visas: National Security

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainHome OfficeTabled Answered 16 July 2025UIN 66022

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of visa applications were rejected due to national security concerns related to Islamist extremism in each of the last ten years.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

I refer the Hon Member to the answer he was given on 15 May to Question 51200.

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