Visas: Skilled Workers
(asked on 21st January 2016) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many skilled migrant visas were issued in respect of each category of industry in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014 and (f) 2015.
The available published information relates to Certificates of Sponsorship used in Tier 2 (skilled work) visa applications and is given in the table below. Corresponding data for 2015 will be published on 25 February 2016.
Applicants for visas for skilled work (Tier 2) using sponsorship certificates, by industry type | |||||
Industry | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 121 | 29 | 31 | 47 | 40 |
Mining and Quarrying | 665 | 930 | 828 | 844 | 849 |
Manufacturing | 2,024 | 2,249 | 2,318 | 2,553 | 2,617 |
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 140 | 83 | 116 | 204 | 131 |
Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management etc. | 13 | 26 | 34 | 34 | 31 |
Construction of buildings | 317 | 304 | 503 | 567 | 468 |
Wholesale and Retail Trade; Vehicle Repairs | 550 | 535 | 599 | 657 | 673 |
Transportation and Storage | 301 | 270 | 373 | 340 | 378 |
Accommodation and Food Service Activities | 2,225 | 799 | 444 | 502 | 393 |
Information and Communication | 17,153 | 16,844 | 17,516 | 20,160 | 23,150 |
Financial and Insurance Activities | 5,802 | 5,568 | 5,323 | 5,874 | 6,529 |
Real estate activities | 39 | 32 | 39 | 63 | 110 |
Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities | 6,800 | 7,178 | 7,327 | 8,587 | 10,438 |
Administrative and Support Activities | 378 | 396 | 379 | 539 | 528 |
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security | 176 | 71 | 56 | 76 | 121 |
Education | 1,588 | 1,340 | 2,028 | 2,659 | 2,739 |
Human Health and Social Work Activities | 2,915 | 1,565 | 1,586 | 2,114 | 3,121 |
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation | 633 | 690 | 575 | 638 | 725 |
Other Service Activities | 578 | 579 | 658 | 1,370 | 1,515 |
Activities of households as employers etc. | 11 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies | 4 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 11 |
Total | 42,433 | 39,511 | 40,742 | 47,845 | 54,571 |
Source:Immigration Statistics July-September 2015, Home Office, table cs_03. | |||||
Information on Certificates of Sponsorship used in visa applications is published in the Sponsorship table cs_03 in the Home Office’s Immigration Statistics release. The latest edition, Immigration Statistics: July to September 2015 is available from the Library of the House and on the GOV.UK statistics web pages at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release.