Immigration: Work Permits

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for work permits were (a) initially refused and (b) subsequently granted on appeal as a percentage of total appeals in each of the last five years. (178538)

The information requested is shown in the following table.

*Work permit individual and group applications refused* *and* *successful on review between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2007*
	Refused	Total appeals on review	Successful on review	Successful (Percentage)
2003	19,750	8,650	2,955	34
2004	28,755	5,360	565	11
2005	20,855	6,615	820	12
2006	17,595	5,590	760	14
2007	22,970	7,920	665	8
Total	109,925	34,135	5,765	17
Notes 1. Figures are rounded to nearest five. 2. Because of rounding, figures may not add up to totals shown.

The figures quoted are not provided under National Statistics protocols and have been derived from local management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change.

Volume 471: debated on Monday 28 January 2008