Work Permits: Foreign Workers Chris Grayling To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been granted work permits in the last 12 months, broken down by (a) country of origin and (b) duration of work permit. Mr. Woolas The following table shows the number of work permits granted broken down by the country of origin and the duration of the work permit: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Months| | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Nationality |0-12 |12-24 |24-36|36-48|48-60|Over 60|Total| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Afghanistan |1— |1— |1—|1—|15|0|35| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Albania |25 |5 |5|5|30|0|70| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Algeria |40 |25 |15|5|40|0|120| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Angola |30 |10 |1—|1—|1—|0|45| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Antigua and Barbuda |1— |0 |0|0|1—|0|5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Argentina |1,355 |115 |30|10|90|0|1,600| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Armenia |15 |5 |1—|1—|5|0|25| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Australia |2,040 |1,040 |620|345|2,190|5|6,245| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Azerbaijan |25 |10 |5|5|30|0|70| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Bahamas, The |1— |1— |0|0|5|0|5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Bahrain |10 |1— |0|1—|10|0|20| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Bangladesh |175 |110 |65|45|330|1—|725| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Barbados |45 |5 |1—|5|15|1—|70| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Belarus |65 |30 |5|5|80|1—|185| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Belize |1— |0 |0|0|5|0|5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Benin |1— |0 |0|0|1—|0|5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Bolivia |20 |5 |1—|0|10|0|35| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Bosnia - Herzegovina |15 |15 |5|0|10|0|45| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Botswana |20 |10 |5|10|45|0|90| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Brazil |745 |185 |105|30|260|1—|1,320| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |British National Overseas |35 |55 |30|10|155|1—|285| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |British Overseas Citz. |1— |0 |0|1—|5|0|5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Brunei |5 |1— |0|5|1—|0|10| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Bulgaria |1,510 |45 |20|5|165|5|1,750| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Burkina |5 |1— |0|0|0|0|5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Burundi |5 |0 |1—|0|1—|0|5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Cambodia |5 |0 |0|0|1—|0|5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Cameroon |40 |20 |10|15|70|0|160| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Canada |2,560 |460 |275|130|880|5|4,310| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Cape Verde |5 |0 |0|0|0|0|5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Chad |0 |0 |0|0|1—|0|1—| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Chile |90 |25 |10|5|20|0|150| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |China |1,655 |1,260 |525|355|3,750|5|8,090| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Colombia |205 |55 |20|10|135|1—|430| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Comoros |0 |0 |1—|0|0|0|1—| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Congo |25 |10 |1—|0|5|0|45| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Costa Rica |5 |5 |1—|0|10|0|20| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Croatia |85 |20 |15|5|90|1—|210| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Cuba |245 |5 |1—|5|5|0|260| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Czech Republic |0 |0 |0|0|1—|0|1—| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Djibouti |1— |1— |0|0|0|0|1—| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Dominica |15 |1— |1—|1—|5|0|25| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Dominican Republic |5 |1— |1—|1—|5|0|15| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Ecuador |15 |5 |0|1—|15|0|35| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Egypt |300 |80 |40|20|155|1—|595| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |El Salvador |5 |1— |1—|0|5|0|10| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Eritrea |0 |1— |0|0|0|0|1—| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Estonia |1— |1— |0|0|0|0|1—| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Ethiopia |35 |5 |5|1—|10|0|55| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Fiji |10 |5 |5|0|1—|0|20| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Gabon |15 |1— |1—|0|0|0|15| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Gambia, The |10 |5 |1—|1—|15|0|40| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Georgia |25 |10 |1—|1—|15|0|50| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Ghana |210 |105 |40|70|525|1—|955| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Grenada |15 |0 |1—|1—|5|0|20| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Guatemala |5 |5 |1—|0|5|0|10| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Guinea |50 |0 |0|0|5|0|55| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Guinea-Bissau |1— |0 |0|0|0|0|1—| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Guyana |15 |5 |5|15|65|1—|105| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Haiti |1— |1— |0|0|0|0|5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Honduras |5 |0 |5|5|1—|0|15| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Hungary |0 |0 |0|0|1—|0|1—| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |India |16,285|19,250|2,600|930|10,875|10|49,950| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Indonesia |80 |30 |15|5|70|1—|200| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Iran |155 |75 |35|15|250|0|530| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Iraq |35 |25 |5|1—|35|0|100| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Israel |320 |80 |45|25|140|0|610| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Ivory Coast |35 |0 |1—|1—|10|0|50| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Jamaica |745 |90 |45|95|195|1—|1,170| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Japan |1,065 |555 |430|215|1,365|5|3,640| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Jordan |35 |25 |10|5|65|0|135| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Kazakhstan |60 |45 |20|5|50|0|180| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Kenya |145 |85 |55|35|350|1—|665| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Kosovo |5 |5 |0|0|1—|0|5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Kuwait |25 |5 |5|0|5|0|40| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Kyrgyzstan |1— |5 |1—|1—|15|0|20| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Latvia |5 |0 |0|0|1—|0|5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Lebanon |90 |60 |20|20|140|0|330| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Lesotho |5 |1— |5|5|25|0|45| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Liberia |0 |1— |0|1—|1—|0|5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Libya |30 |5 |1—|5|20|0|65| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Lithuania |1— |0 |0|0|0|0|1—| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Macedonia |10 |10 |1—|1—|15|0|40| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Madagascar |1— |0 |1—|0|1—|0|5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Malawi |35 |5 |5|10|65|0|120| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Malaysia |415 |315 |160|80|1,135|1—|2,110| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Maldives |5 |1— |0|0|1—|0|5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Mali |70 |1— |1—|0|1—|0|75| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Mauritania |5 |0 |0|1—|5|0|10| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Mauritius |50 |45 |40|60|355|1—|555| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Mexico |260 |60 |45|20|160|0|545| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Moldova |340 |10 |5|1—|10|0|370| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Monaco |0 |1— |0|0|0|0|1—| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Mongolia |20 |25 |1—|0|1—|0|50| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Montenegro |1— |1— |0|0|1—|0|35| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Morocco |155 |25 |15|5|65|0|265| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Mozambique |15 |1— |1—|0|1—|0|20| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Burma |45 |25 |10|5|75|0|160| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Namibia |10 |5 |1—|5|25|0|40| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Nepal |50 |170 |95|40|520|1—|885| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |New Zealand |605 |230 |175|130|670|5|1,810| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Nicaragua |5 |1— |1—|0|1—|0|10| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Niger |5 |0 |0|0|0|0|5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Nigeria |355 |160 |110|90|1,150|1—|1,870| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Korea (North) |1— |1— |0|0|0|0|1—| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Oman |15 |1— |1—|5|1—|0|20| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Pakistan |565 |560 |285|215|1,645|1—|3,270| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Occupied Palestinian Territories |10 |10 |5|0|20|0|45| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Panama |5 |0 |0|1—|5|0|10| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Papua New Guinea |5 |1— |0|0|1—|0|5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Paraguay |5 |0 |0|0|5|0|10| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Peru |25 |10 |5|1—|20|0|60| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Philippines |735 |685 |430|335|3,615|1—|5,810| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Qatar |5 |1— |5|0|1—|0|10| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Romania |440 |75 |60|20|315|5|910| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Russia |1,545 |310 |110|50|505|5|2,525| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Rwanda |15 |1— |0|0|1—|0|20| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Samoa |5 |5 |10|5|0|0|20| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Sao Tome and Principe |1— |0 |0|0|0|0|1—| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Saudi Arabia |55 |20 |5|1—|20|0|100| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Senegal |175 |5 |1—|1—|10|0|195| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Serbia |65 |30 |5|10|60|0|195| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Seychelles |0 |0 |1—|5|5|0|10| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Sierra Leone |5 |1— |1—|5|20|0|35| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Singapore |160 |90 |55|30|265|0|600| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Slovakia |1— |0 |0|0|0|0|1—| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Somalia |1— |1— |0|0|0|0|1—| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |South Africa |1,375 |645 |320|310|2,220|5|4,870| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Korea (South) |245 |180 |70|60|390|1—|950| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Sri Lanka |330 |145 |65|40|605|1—|1,185| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |St. Kitts and Nevis |10 |0 |0|0|5|0|15| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |St. Lucia |20 |1— |1—|1—|20|0|45| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |St. Vincent |5 |5 |1—|1—|10|0|25| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Sudan |40 |25 |5|5|25|0|100| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Surinam |1— |1— |0|0|1—|0|5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Swaziland |1— |1— |5|1—|20|0|30| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Switzerland |5 |0 |0|0|0|0|5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Syria |30 |15 |15|5|50|0|115| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Tajikistan |5 |0 |0|1—|5|0|10| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Tanzania |50 |15 |10|5|40|0|125| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Thailand |170 |210 |45|25|650|0|1,100| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Togo |5 |5 |0|1—|5|0|15| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Tonga |5 |1— |5|1—|0|0|10| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Trinidad and Tobago |95 |50 |15|25|145|0|325| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Tunisia |30 |20 |5|1—|40|0|95| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Turkey |315 |145 |75|30|325|0|895| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Turkmenistan |0 |1— |0|0|5|0|5| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Uganda |100 |25 |10|15|80|0|230| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Ukraine |315 |180 |45|25|220|0|780| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |United Arab Emirates |10 |1— |1—|0|5|1—|15| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |United States |20,985|2,610 |1,135|465|3,635|10|28,835| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Uruguay |20 |10 |5|0|5|0|40| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Uzbekistan |15 |5 |5|1—|30|0|55| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Vanuatu |0 |0 |0|0|1—|0|1—| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Venezuela |75 |20 |10|10|85|0|205| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Vietnam |65 |30 |20|5|90|1—|210| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Yemen |5 |1— |0|0|1—|0|10| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Zambia |25 |10 |15|15|190|0|255| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Zimbabwe |250 |105 |90|235|1,300|0|1,970| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Total |61,870|31,475|8,815|4,900|43,880|85|151,635| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1 Indicates figure of one or two.Notes:1. Totals may not add up due to rounding.2. Figures are rounded to nearest 5.| | |||||| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 figures cover the period 1 December 2007 to 30 November 2008 and include all granted work permit applications. This excludes members of group applications, dependants and all other categories of permit. The figures are for work permits issued, some applicants will still need to gain entry clearance and some may decide not to take up their posts.