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Written question asked by Angela Crawley (Scottish National Party) on Monday, 25 March 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 April 2024 (named day). It was answered by Tom Pursglove (Conservative) on Thursday, 18 April 2024 on behalf of the Home Office.


Visas: Sponsorship

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers held visa sponsorship licences in (a) 2020, (b) 2021, (c) 2022 and (d) 2023.

Answer

The Home Office publishes the latest register of worker and temporary worker licensed sponsors at: Register of licensed sponsors: workers - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) This is a live document that is continually updated.

Data that has been updated quarterly since 2014 and includes the number of valid sponsor licences, can be found at: Sponsorship transparency data: Q4 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

The number of organisations annually on the register of sponsors can also be found under Sponsorship Summary Tables at: Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
20345
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Licensing Visas Sponsorship
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk