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Family visas granted by nationality under each government

The full published series with each government’s time in office shaded. The table gives the level each government inherited and the last complete period before it left. Changes describe the period, not a cause. Definitions and caveats are on the metric page.

Family visas granted by nationality: 2005 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour010k20k200520102015202020252005 Q1: 15,947 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 17,905 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 16,963 visas · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 15,528 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 16,127 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 17,006 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 19,175 visas · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 17,847 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 18,900 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 15,059 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 16,713 visas · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 13,755 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 14,315 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 13,416 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 14,068 visas · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 11,785 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 13,008 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 10,634 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 11,480 visas · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 14,090 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 12,405 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 12,309 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 13,429 visas · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 14,218 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 11,851 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 9,809 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 12,968 visas · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 10,413 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 10,686 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 10,539 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 9,844 visas · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 9,162 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 7,338 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 7,341 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 9,371 visas · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 9,083 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 9,387 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 7,794 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 8,303 visas · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 9,368 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 9,093 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 8,375 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 9,678 visas · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 10,565 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 9,449 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 8,949 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 9,302 visas · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 10,081 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 10,055 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 7,263 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 10,035 visas · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 12,770 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 9,896 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 10,222 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 11,306 visas · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 12,196 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 13,680 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 12,039 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 14,128 visas · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 15,796 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 11,607 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 1,092 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 11,334 visas · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 13,054 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 11,094 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 11,423 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 9,772 visas · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 9,893 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 10,012 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 6,366 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 11,640 visas · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 19,101 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 27,489 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 16,901 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 18,042 visas · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 17,651 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 25,668 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 22,551 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 20,433 visas · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 16,509 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 16,070 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 17,685 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 16,799 visas · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 15,417 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 12,016 visas · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 13,358 visas · published 27 August 2026
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
GovernmentInheritedLeft at / latestChange during government
Labour 2024–5 July 2024 – present22,5512024 Q213,3582026 Q2↓ 40.8%−9,193
Conservative 2019–202413 December 2019 – 5 July 202414,1282019 Q322,5512024 Q2↑ 59.6%+8,423
Conservative 2017–20199 June 2017 – 13 December 201910,0552017 Q114,1282019 Q3↑ 40.5%+4,073
Conservative 2015–20178 May 2015 – 9 June 20179,0932015 Q110,0552017 Q1↑ 10.6%+962
Coalition 2010–201511 May 2010 – 8 May 201512,4052010 Q19,0932015 Q1↓ 26.7%−3,312
Labour 2005–20106 May 2005 – 11 May 201015,9472005 Q112,4052010 Q1↓ 22.2%−3,542
Labour 2001–20058 June 2001 – 5 May 2005No complete period was published before this government took office.
Labour 1997–20012 May 1997 – 7 June 2001No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1992–199710 April 1992 – 2 May 1997No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1987–199212 June 1987 – 9 April 1992No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1983–198710 June 1983 – 11 June 1987No complete period was published before this government took office.
Conservative 1979–19834 May 1979 – 9 June 1983No complete period was published before this government took office.