Did she use all 65.000? Emphatically no. Last year Britain used 29.108. What happened to the unused quota numbers? Well. they were just as worthless as last years ticket to the worlds series. Those unused numbers just went down the drain. What a boon those unused numbers would have been to those who. as I indicated before. were anxiously waiting for quota numbers at the various consular offices but. because of the minuscule quotas of their respective countries. could not get visas. Ireland. allotted 17.756. last year only used 6.307. The rest of the numbers? They went down the drain.