Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals were granted an entry visa to the UK in the 2022–23 financial year under the High Potential Individual (HLI) route; and of those, (1) how many had (a) a PhD or equivalent qualification, or (b) other postgraduate qualification, (2) how many had studied a STEM subject for their highest achieved qualification, and (3) how many of those studied in each of the universities which provide eligibility for this route.

Using the data from the published migration statistics for the year ending June 2023, the number of individuals granted an entry visa to the UK in the 2022–23 financial year under the High Potential Individual route is 1851.

We are unable to provide the information requested regarding the number of individuals holding a PhD or equivalent qualification or other postgraduate qualifications, how many individuals had studied a STEM subject for their highest achieved qualification or how many individuals studied in each of the universities which provide eligibility for the High Potential Individual route as the data is not readily available and would require a review of each individual case.