Home Office · 13 December 20195 July 2024

Family visas granted during the Conservative 2019–2024 government

20182023 · 5 periods

83.6%+36,463 visas

Family visas granted rose by 83.6% over the period, from 43,620 visas (2018, the level when the government took office) to 80,083 (2023, the last complete period before it left office).

  1. Inherited level 2018: 43,620
  2. Level when it left 2023: 80,083
  3. method: latest complete period before start / before end

Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.

Family visas granted: 2014 to Year ending June 2026CoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour025k50k75k20142016201820202022202420262014: 34,852 visas · published 27 August 20262015: 37,711 visas · published 27 August 20262016: 37,781 visas · published 27 August 20262017: 40,123 visas · published 27 August 20262018: 43,620 visas · published 27 August 20262019: 55,643 visas · published 27 August 20262020: 37,087 visas · published 27 August 20262021: 42,182 visas · published 27 August 20262022: 47,119 visas · published 27 August 20262023: 80,083 visas · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2025: 70,697 visas · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2026: 57,590 visas · published 27 August 2026

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Definition and caveats

The number of entry clearance (out-of-country) visas granted on family routes in a 12-month period, including partner, child, other family and refugee family reunion visas.

Doesn’t measure: Dependants who accompany work or study visa holders (counted under those routes), EU Settlement Scheme family permits, or in-country family applications.