Immigration Controls

Mr. Clappison
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the effects of reducing the coverage of the resident labour market test;

(2) what estimate she has made of the proportion of jobs covered by the requirements of the resident labour market list;

(3) pursuant to her answer of 10 December 2007, Official Report, column 86W, on immigration controls, what decisions she has made on the future operation of the resident labour market test; and what estimate she has made of the number and proportion of jobs which would no longer be subject to the labour market test if the test threshold was set at a salary of (a) £30,000, (b) £40,000 and (c) £50,000 a year.

Mr. Byrne
We will ensure that under the PBS we continue to protect the privileged position held by British workers in the job market.