§ Annabelle EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people participating in the working holidaymaker scheme are based in(a) Scotland. (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland. [70795]
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§ Beverley Hughes(Holding answer 19 July 2002]: The information is not collected. Under the scheme young Commonwealth citizens come to the United Kingdom (UK) for an extended two-year holiday, during which they can take incidental employment to fund their stay here. They are free to move around the UK as they wish. Around 40,000 come to the UK each year on the scheme but, given its nature, it is not feasible or necessary to collect information on where participants base themselves at any one particular time during their stay.
§ Annabelle EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people participating in the working holidaymaker scheme in each of the last five years have continued to stay in the UK after the two year period has been completed. [70796]
§ Beverley Hughes[holding answer 19 July 2002]This information is not available. Unless working holidaymakers have been granted an extension of stay. they should leave the country at the end of their two-year working holiday.