Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-European Economic Area students were granted visa extensions under the Fresh Talent: Working in Scotland route in each year since 2005.
The Fresh Talent Working in Scotland Scheme was closed in 2008. The information available from Home Office data for grants of leave to remain under this scheme is shown in the following table.
Home Office data for grants of leave to remain under the Fresh Talent: Working in Scotland scheme
2005 - 975
2006 - 2,045
2007 - 2,935
2008 - 1,665