Written question asked by Anne Main (Conservative) on Tuesday, 12 July 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 July 2011. It was answered by Damian Green (Conservative) on Tuesday, 19 July 2011 on behalf of the Home Office.

UK Border Agency Worker Registration Scheme

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications to the UK Border Agency Worker Registration Scheme have been refused since the establishment of the scheme.

Answer

The Worker Registration Scheme was established in May 2004 and ended on 30 April 2011. The number of refused applications is provided in the following table.

WRS applications refused between 1 May 2004 and 30 June 2011¹
Case outcome	Year refused	WRS first application	WRS renewal application	Total
Refused	2004 (May-December)	1,183	78	1,261
	2005	1,682	188	1,870
	2006	1,382	419	1,801
	2007	1,055	511	1,566
	2008	1,765	919	2,684
	2009	1,324	926	2,250
	2010	752	715	1,467
	2011 (January-June)	163	285	448
	Total	9,306	4,041	13,347
¹ While the scheme ended on 30 April at that point a number of valid applications were on hold awaiting further information from the applicant or their employer, so processing continued after the closure of the scheme until all applications had been cleared. This work extended into early June.
Note:
The figures quoted are not provided under National Statistics protocols and have been derived from local management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 66453; 531 c805-6W
Session: 2010-12
Related items: UK Border Agency Worker Scheme
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Worker registration scheme
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

UK Border Agency Worker Registration Scheme

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