HC Deb 09 July 2003 vol 408 cc829-30W
Matthew Green

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many intra-company transfer work permits were granted in each month in(a) 2002 and (b) 2003 to date. [123466]

Beverley Hughes

Figures showing the numbers of work permit applications approved under the intracompany transfers arrangement, by month since 2002 are as follows:

Work permit applications
2002
January 2,201
February 2,071
March 2,227
April 2,274
May 2,325
June 2,104
July 2,420
August 2,144
September 2,080
October 2,263
November 2,017
December 1,974
2003
January 2,213
February 2,049
March 2,447
April 2,054
May 2,309
June 2,359
Total 39,531