Work Permits (Hansard, 21 October 2002)

HC Deb 21 October 2002 vol 391 cc95-6W 95W

§ Mrs. Irene Adams
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have applied for work permits in Scotland in the last 12 months. [73678]

§ Beverley Hughes
Information is not recorded onto the system by employer location therefore details regarding the number of work permits issued for Scotland cannot be extrapolated.

§ Mrs. Irene Adams
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for work permits have been rejected in the last 12 months. [73679]
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§ Beverley Hughes
In the last 12 months to date (16 October 2001–15 October 2002) 14,063 work permit applications have been refused. This is 10.6 per cent. of the total number of applications in that period.