Visas: Foreign Investment in UK

Home Office written question – answered on 13th March 2023.

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Photo of Margaret Hodge Margaret Hodge Labour, Barking

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement of 12 January 2023 on The Tier 1 (Investor) route: Review of operation between 30 June 2008 and 6 April 2015, HCWS492, whether any Tier 1 (investor) route visas were revoked following that review.

Photo of Margaret Hodge Margaret Hodge Labour, Barking

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement of 12 January 2023 on The Tier 1 (Investor) route: Review of operation between 30 June 2008 and 6 April 2015, HCWS492, how many people were found to be at risk of (a) corruption and (b) organised crime; and from which countries those people came.

Photo of Margaret Hodge Margaret Hodge Labour, Barking

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of individuals that had The Tier 1 (Investor) route Review of operation between 30 June 2008 and 6 April 2015, who were granted (a) an Entry Clearance application, (b) a Leave to Remain application and (c) Indefinite Leave to remain (settlement) for the entire duration of that scheme.

Photo of Margaret Hodge Margaret Hodge Labour, Barking

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement of 12 January 2023 on The Tier 1 (Investor) route: Review of operation between 30 June 2008 and 6 April 2015, HCWS492, how many people were found to have been refused (a) entry clearance applications, (b) leave to remain applications and (c) indefinite leave to remain (settlement) for the duration of the scheme.

Photo of Margaret Hodge Margaret Hodge Labour, Barking

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking in relation to high-risk people following the review entitled the Tier 1 (Investor) route: Review of operation between 30 June 2008 and 6 April 2015.

Photo of Robert Jenrick Robert Jenrick The Minister for Immigration

The review considered 6312 applicants and their adult dependants, representing the total cohort of adult usership of the programme between 30 June 2008 and 06 April 2015. The numbers of individuals granted Entry Clearance, Leave To Remain and Indefinite Leave To Remain are published within the migration statistics and can be found here: Migration statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

We have published the key findings from the review. However, to protect sensitivities within the work of our independent operational partners at their request, we will not make any further comment on action taken as a result of the review.

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