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Work visas granted: record highs and lows

The extremes of work visas granted as published by Home Office, across the 14 periods held here (2014 to Year ending June 2026). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

Highest published

613,6272023

Lowest published

114,5282020

The full series

Work visas granted: 2014 to Year ending June 2026CoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200k400k600k20142016201820202022202420262014: 167,146 visas · published 27 August 20262015: 165,900 visas · published 27 August 20262016: 163,922 visas · published 27 August 20262017: 164,943 visas · published 27 August 20262018: 175,812 visas · published 27 August 20262019: 192,559 visas · published 27 August 20262020: 114,528 visas · published 27 August 20262021: 239,193 visas · published 27 August 20262022: 421,565 visas · published 27 August 20262023: 613,627 visas · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2025: 285,763 visas · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2026: 234,841 visas · published 27 August 2026
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestOne point a year is drawn; the source publishes overlapping year-ending figures, and every one is in the history table and CSVShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover, tap or use arrow keys to read a value; tap again to unpin
The chart as a table
PeriodWork visas granted
2014167,146 visas
2015165,900 visas
2016163,922 visas
2017164,943 visas
2018175,812 visas
2019192,559 visas
2020114,528 visas
2021239,193 visas
2022421,565 visas
2023613,627 visas
Year ending June 2025285,763 visas
Year ending June 2026234,841 visas

What a record here is, and is not

A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.