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Visas: Staff

Asked by Nick TimothyConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 79000

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the headcount number was of caseworkers processing visas by (a) each visa route and (b) month since July 2024.

Answered by Mike Tapp

The Department is unable to provide previous headcount data for visa processing broken down by route and by month. Caseworkers are routinely reallocated across visa routes to maintain service standards and a flexible deployment model is used by UKVI to manage fluctuations in demand and seasonal surges. As a result, the Departmental systems do not capture headcount movements at a visa route level with sufficient accuracy to support robust external reporting.

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