Home Office · 5 July 2024present

Visitor visas granted during the Labour 2024– government

2023Year ending June 2026 · 4 periods

11.8%+230,177 visas

Visitor visas granted rose by 11.8% over the period, from 1,954,981 visas (2023, the level when the government took office) to 2,185,158 (Year ending June 2026, the latest available).

  1. Inherited level 2023: 1,954,981
  2. Latest Year ending June 2026: 2,185,158
  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.

Visitor visas granted: 2014 to Year ending June 2026CoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01m2m20142016201820202022202420262014: 1,878,551 visas · published 27 August 20262015: 1,913,774 visas · published 27 August 20262016: 1,902,728 visas · published 27 August 20262017: 2,095,584 visas · published 27 August 20262018: 2,239,639 visas · published 27 August 20262019: 2,413,461 visas · published 27 August 20262020: 500,596 visas · published 27 August 20262021: 401,977 visas · published 27 August 20262022: 1,396,161 visas · published 27 August 20262023: 1,954,981 visas · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2025: 2,218,234 visas · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2026: 2,185,158 visas · published 27 August 2026

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Definition and caveats

The number of entry clearance visitor visas granted in a 12-month period.

Doesn’t measure: Visitors from countries whose nationals do not need a visa to visit the UK, transit visas, or the number of visits actually made.