HC Deb 23 February 1976 vol 906 cc12-4W
Mrs. Millie Miller

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of people granted entry to the United Kingdom in the years 1973, 1974 and 1975 to work in specific industries; and what check is kept to see that such people continue to work in the industry for which entry was granted.

Mr. John Fraser

Statistics of work permit holders arriving in Great Britain are kept by the Home Office but are not analysed by industry. The number of work permits issued by my Department in the years 1973, 1974 and 1975 to enable people to enter the country and take jobs in specific industries is as follows. My Department does not carry out specific checks on the work being done by work permit holders. However, if a work permit holder wishes to change his job he must first obtain the permission of my Department, and if he wishes to remain in employment beyond the period of 12 months for which permits are initially issued he must first apply to the Home Office.

WORK PERMITS ISSUED BY INDUSTRIAL GROUPS (EXCLUDING STUDENT EMPLOYEES AND TRAINEES)
Industry SIC Foreign 1973 Common wealth Total Foreign 1974 Common wealth Total Foreign 1975 Common wealth Total
Agriculture, mining and oil 1–2 416 24 440 681 94 775 570 86 656
Food 3 79 203 282 63 387 450 46 87 133
Coal and chemical products 4–5 284 46 330 322 89 411 215 53 268
Metal engineering and vehicles 6–12 815 159 974 619 225 844 702 145 847
Textiles, leather and clothing 13–15 36 72 108 56 42 98 34 17 51
Bricks, timber and other manufactures 16–19 153 79 232 138 117 255 73 30 103
Construction and public utilities 20–21 288 55 343 390 89 479 181 32 213
Transport and communications 22 316 61 377 278 64 342 226 43 269
Distribution 23 482 52 534 466 74 540 453 185 638
Insurance, banking and finance 24 932 215 1,147 876 188 1,064 865 207 1,072
Professional and scientific services 25 4,468 701 5,169 3,638 940 4,578 2,383 1,070 2,453
Miscellaneous services and public administration 26–27 13,960 1,209 15,169 13,287 1,303 14,590 13,657 2,266 15,923
Total 22,229 2,876 25,105 20,814 3,612 24,426 19,405 4,221 23,626
Main Occupational Groups in SIC 25 and 26
Entertainers 5,007 555 5,562 5,758 535 6,293 5,405 519 5,924
Hotel and catering workers 6,095 423 6,518 6,157 538 6,595 6,984 1,377 8,361
Domestic and hospital workers 4,788 160 4,948 2,928 262 3,190 2,026 230 2,256
Nursing and related occupations 1,062 307 1,369 823 504 1,327 620 475 1,095