Entry Clearances

Keith Vaz
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with which countries the UK has a visa facilitation agreement.

Mr. Woolas
The EU has concluded visa facilitation agreements with a number of Western Balkans states, as well as Moldova, Russia and Ukraine. The UK does not participate in these EU visa facilitation agreements.

Chris Grayling
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visa applications from (a) Afghanistan and (b) Pakistan were referred from entry clearance points in those countries to London for decision (i) in each of the last five years and (ii) since 27 October 2008.

Alan Johnson
We do not hold statistics on the number of visa applications from Afghanistan or Pakistan which have been referred for decisions to be made by colleagues in the UK in the past five years.