Written question asked by Lord Laird (Ulster Unionist Party), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Baroness Neville-Jones (Conservative) on Monday, 7 February 2011.

Visas

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Jones on 25 January (WA 159–60), how many certificates of sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom were issued last year to nationals from (a) Bolivia, (b) Colombia, (c) Cuba, (d) Dominican Republic, (e) Ecuador, (f) Guyana, (g) Haiti, (h) Jamaica, (i) Peru, (j) Surinam, and (k) Venezuela; and in respect of what occupations the visas were issued.

Answer: Information on the numbers of Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) assigned to nationals of the countries in question, broken down by occupation, from 1 January to 31 December 2010 has been placed in the Libraries of both Houses. Not all of these CoS will have been used by the individuals to whom they were assigned and some will have been used in failed visa applications. Data on the numbers of visas issued to nationals of these countries broken down by occupation are not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 6389; 725 c40WA
Session: 2010-12
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP2011-0895
Monday, 7 February 2011
Deposited papers
House of Lords; Visas
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Written questions
House of Lords; Visas
Tuesday, 25 January 2011
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects: Immigration Migrant workers Visas Sponsorship Colombia Cuba Haiti Venezuela Bolivia Guyana Jamaica Peru Ecuador Dominican Republic Suriname
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk