Entry Clearances
(asked on 10th October 2014) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sponsors of Tier 2 general visas in each region and constituent part of the UK have been issued with such visas in each year since 2009.
The table below shows the number of Tier 2 General sponsors by region that have used a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) to sponsor a Tier 2 General migrant worker since 2009.
Number of Sponsors by region associated with migrants who have used Tier 2 General CoS by calendar year since 2009
Region | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
London & South East | 3,435 | 3,565 | 3,594 | 4,805 | 6,836 |
Midlands & East of England | 1,016 | 1,143 | 1,036 | 1,192 | 1,726 |
Wales & South West | 427 | 532 | 392 | 460 | 635 |
Scotland & Northern Ireland | 506 | 517 | 387 | 449 | 672 |
North East, Yorkshire & the Humber | 330 | 366 | 316 | 359 | 495 |
North West | 310 | 344 | 258 | 347 | 495 |
Note: Full data for the calendar year 2014 is not yet available.