The Home Office publishes data on visas and the British National Overseas (BN(O)) route in the \u2018Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release\u2019 on GOV.UK:<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release<\/a><\/p> The data relates to the first and second quarter of 2021, January to June, and are derived from management information. These data sets are rounded to the nearest hundred. Data for Q3 2021 will be published on 25 November 2021.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from Hong Kong have (a) applied for and (b) been granted a Hong Kong British National (Overseas) visa.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of former Apple Daily journalists in Hong Kong who qualify for the UK BNO visa scheme.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1327770", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from Hong Kong have successfully taken up a British National (Overseas) visa since that visa scheme was introduced.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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