Home Office written question – answered at on 4 August 2026.
Lord Cameron of Lochiel
Shadow Minister (Scotland), Shadow Minister (Home Office)
To ask His Majesty's Government how many student visa applications were (1) accepted, and (2) rejected, in each year since 2023–24.
Lord Hanson of Flint
The Minister of State, Home Department
The Home Office publishes the data you have requested in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on sponsored study outcomes are published in table Vis_D02 of the entry clearance visa applications and outcomes detailed datasets’. The latest data goes up to the year ending March 2026. Please find below a table on sponsored study visas issued and refused for each year between the year ending March 2024, to the year ending March 2026.
Sponsored study (‘Student’ and ‘Child Student’) entry clearance visas issued and refused between the YE March 2024 to the YE March 2026
Year Ending | Issued | Refused |
YE March 2024 | 557,221 | 24,749 |
YE March 2025 | 421,621 | 14,155 |
YE March 2026 | 409,954 | 20,399 |
Notes: The figures include both main applicants and dependant family members.
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