Lord Green of Deddington – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Green of Deddington on 2016-09-13.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in each month since December 2014, how many Restricted Certificates of Sponsorship were available, how many applications for such certificates were (1) granted, and (2) refused, and what was the minimum point score for successful applications.
Baroness Williams of Trafford
The data requested is set out in the table below
|
Allocation Month |
RCoS available |
No of RCoS Granted |
No RCoS refused |
Minimum points score[1] |
Minimum salary required to meet points score |
|
Dec-14 |
2481 |
1819 |
0 |
32 |
£20,500 |
|
Jan-15 |
2416 |
1670 |
0 |
32 |
£20,500 |
|
Feb-15 |
2392 |
2409 |
0 |
32 |
£20,500 |
|
Mar-15 |
1690 |
1919 |
0 |
32 |
£20,500 |
|
Apr-15 |
2528 |
1888 |
0 |
32 |
£20,800[2] |
|
May-15 |
2285 |
2277 |
0 |
32 |
£20,800 |
|
Jun-15 |
1690 |
1215 |
1329 |
50 |
£46,000 |
|
Jul-15 |
2040 |
1943 |
1201 |
45 |
£32,000 |
|
Aug-15 |
2347 |
2418 |
583 |
36 |
£24,000 |
|
Sep-15 |
1544 |
1520 |
891 |
35 |
£23,000 |
|
Oct-15 |
2111 |
1953 |
374 |
22 |
£22,000 |
|
Nov-15 |
2011 |
2100 |
0 |
21 |
£20,800 |
|
Dec-15 |
1989 |
1774 |
0 |
21 |
£20,800 |
|
Jan-16 |
1926 |
1441 |
0 |
21 |
£20,800 |
|
Feb-16 |
2439 |
1760 |
0 |
21 |
£20,800 |
|
Mar-16 |
2661 |
1748 |
0 |
21 |
£20,800 |
|
Apr-16 |
2175 |
1692 |
0 |
21 |
£20,800 |
|
May-16 |
2464 |
1849 |
0 |
21 |
£20,800 |
|
Jun-16 |
2575 |
1853 |
0 |
21 |
£20,800 |
|
Jul-16 |
2701 |
2238 |
0 |
21 |
£20,800 |
|
Aug-16 |
2695 |
1952 |
0 |
21 |
£20,800 |
(1) The points table used to score applications changed in October 2015.
(2) The minimum salary to qualify under Tier 2 increased from £20,500 to £20,800 in April 2015, in line with wage inflation. This information is available in the public domain and can be found at the link below: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-sponsorship-restricted-certificate-allocations/allocations-of-restricted-certificates-of-sponsorship
