Written questions by Kane.

How many Charity Worker Visa applications have been granted in each year of the operation of that visa route.

The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas by visa route, including Charity Worker visas, in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the outcomes of visa applications are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data is from January 2005 up to the end of September 2025.Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’.

What assessment has been made of the contribution made to the social and charitable sectors by volunteers on the Charity Worker Visa route.

The Home Office values the contribution made by volunteers on the Charity Worker visa route to the social and charitable sectors, though no formal assessment has been carried out. All visa routes are kept under regular review to ensure they are operating as intended.

How many and what proportion of applications for naturalisation as a British citizen were processed within the UK Visas and Immigration six-month service standard in the latest period for which data is available; and what steps her Department is taking to meet this service standard.

The Home Office publishes regular data on the processing of applications for British citizenship on the Gov.uk website. This includes performance against the service standard for completing applications. The most recent Migration Transparency data published in November 2024 shows that 99.9% of straightforward applications were decided within service standard.The link to the latest Migration Transparency Data can be found here:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/passport-citizenship-and-civil-registrations-data-q3-2024.