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Written question asked by Paul Blomfield (Labour) on Tuesday, 1 May 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 8 May 2018 (named day). It was answered by Caroline Nokes (Conservative) on Wednesday, 9 May 2018 on behalf of the Home Office.


Engineers and Scientists: Visas

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April to Question 137536 on Engineers and Scientists: Visas, how many (a) scientists and (b) engineers were refused a Tier 2 (General) Certificate of Sponsorship between May 2015 and November 2017 as a result of the annual cap been reached.

Answer

The specific information requested is not included in statistics published by the Home Office. The number of restricted certificates of sponsorship granted, and the points threshold, for each monthly allocation since April 2016 is published on the Home Office website. Published data on sponsorship applications can be found in the immigration statistics release.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-sponsorship-restricted-certificate-allocations


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
140065
Session
2017-19
Related items
Engineers and Scientists: Visas
Friday, 27 April 2018
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Visas Engineers Scientists
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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