Work Permits: Africa

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many work permits were issued for senior carers from each country in Africa in each of the last 15 years. (322002)

The work permit arrangements closed for new applications on 26 November 2008 and were replaced by the points based system.

The number of work permits approved for countries in Africa between 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2009 are shown in the table. We do not hold accurate information on any work permit applications made prior to the year 2000.

Nationality	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Total
Cameroon	¹—	¹—	²—	15	75	45	30	30	10	²—	210
Ethiopia	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	²—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	²—
Gambia	¹—	¹—	¹—	²—	¹—	¹—	²—	¹—	¹—	¹—	5
Ghana	²—	²—	5	60	65	50	50	25	20	5	280
Kenya	¹—	¹—	²—	5	10	15	5	5	10	¹—	55
Lesotho	¹—	¹—	¹—	²—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	²—
Libya	¹—	²—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	²—
Malawi	¹—	¹—	²—	²—	5	²—	²—	¹—	²—	5	15
Mauritius	¹—	²—	5	5	5	5	10	²—	²—	¹—	30
Morocco	¹—	¹—	²—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	²—
Namibia	¹—	¹—	¹—	5	5	5	5	¹—	²—	¹—	15
Nigeria	¹—	¹—	5	10	20	15	5	²—	²—	¹—	55
Seychelles	¹—	¹—	¹—	²—	²—	¹—	¹—	¹—	²—	¹—	5
Sierra Leone	¹—	²—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	²—
Somalia	¹—	¹—	²—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	²—
South Africa	¹—	35	290	320	235	145	95	50	40	10	1,220
Uganda	¹—	¹—	¹—	²—	¹—	¹—	¹—	²—	¹—	¹—	²—
Zambia	¹—	¹—	35	75	195	105	145	15	35	¹—	605
Zimbabwe	¹—	²—	10	40	20	10	10	²—	²—	¹—	95
Total	²—	40	355	540	630	390	365	135	120	20	2,595
¹ Indicates zero ² Indicates one or two Note: Figures are rounded to nearest five

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. The data provided are for applications where the job title includes ‘Senior Care’, ‘Senior Healthcare’ or ‘Senior Health Care’. They do not include applications made under the new points-based immigration system.

Volume 508: debated on Wednesday 24 March 2010