Home Department written question – answered at on 21 July 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department
(1) how many (a) highly-skilled migrants and (b) dependants of highly-skilled migrants of each nationality were given leave to enter the UK under (i) the highly-skilled migrants programme and (ii) Tier 1 of the points-based immigration system in each of the last eight quarters for which figures are available;
(2) how many (a) migrants and (b) dependants of migrants were given leave to enter the UK under Tier 1 of the points-based immigration system in the second quarter of 2009.
The information requested by the hon. Member is summarised in the following table:
HSMP | Tier 1 | |||||
Calendar year | Main applicant | Dependant | All | Main applicant | Dependant | All |
2007 Q2 | 2,411 | 1,161 | 3,572 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2007 Q3 | 2,637 | 1,611 | 4,248 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2007 Q4 | 2,938 | 1,742 | 4,680 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2008 Q1 | 3,615 | 1,883 | 5,498 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2008 Q2 | 2,659 | 1,430 | 4,089 | 265 | 163 | 428 |
2008 Q3 | 470 | 722 | 1,192 | 2,630 | 1,020 | 3,650 |
2008 Q4 | 155 | 738 | 893 | 5,720 | 2,254 | 7,974 |
2009 Q1 | 98 | 503 | 601 | 7,801 | 3,468 | 11,269 |
2009 Q2 | 142 | 578 | 720 | 4,812 | 3,532 | 8,344 |
Note: The data are unpublished and should be treated as provisional. Source: CRS 14.7.09 |
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