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Mr. Brazier
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 10 February 2003, Official Report, column 535W, on permits, if he will break down the figures for 1996 to 2001 by applications granted (a) in country and (b) in the UK; and whether the dates referred to are calendar years. [99115]
Beverley Hughes
[holding answer 25 February 2003]: The number of in-country and out-country work permits issued in the last seven years are given in the table:
| Year | In-Country | Out-Country |
| 1996 | 12,609 | 25,647 |
| 1997 | 14,219 | 30,739 |
| 1998 | 18,096 | 35,866 |
| 1999 | 21,048 | 39,695 |
| 2000 | 28,982 | 59,669 |
| 2001 | 47,755 | 73,072 |
| 2002 | 64,396 | 71,755 |