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Written question asked by Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour) on Monday, 22 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 25 February 2010. It was answered by Phil Woolas (Labour) on Thursday, 4 March 2010 on behalf of the Home Office.

Entry Clearances: Skilled Workers

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 8 December 2009, Official Report, columns 221-22W, on entry clearances, how many permits under Tier 2 general were issued in each month of 2009.
Answer

[holding answer 25 February 2010]: The following table provides detail of the numbers of in-country grants of leave to remain and out of country visas issued under Tier 2 (General) of the Points Based System in each month of 2009.

Tier 2 (General)
In country Out of country
January 168 147
February 566 305
March 772 453
April 687 557
May 1,032 756
June 1,356 883
July 1,636 886
August 1,561 1,078
September 1,191 977
October 1,201 856
November 1,136 821
December 1,275 839
Total 12,581 8,558

The table above is based on approved main applications only. This data is not provided under National Statistics protocols. It has been derived from local management information and is therefore provisional and subject to change.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
506 c1378W; 318670
Session
2009-10
Related items
Review of Equality 2025
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Entry clearances Skilled workers
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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