Lord Green of Deddington – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Green of Deddington on 2016-10-10.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Restricted Certificates of Sponsorship were (1) issued, and (2) subsequently taken up, by employers in each month since the permanent cap was introduced in April 2011.
Baroness Williams of Trafford
The data requested is routinely published on the Gov.uk website and can be found at the following address https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-sponsorship-restricted-certificate-allocations/allocations-of-restricted-certificates-of-sponsorship Please also find the information included in the link set out in the table below
Allocation Month |
Restricted Certificate of Sponsorship Available |
Restricted Certificate of Sponsorship Granted |
Apr-11 |
4200 |
1019 |
May-11 |
4666 |
781 |
Jun-11 |
5397 |
845 |
Jul-11 |
6064 |
859 |
Aug-11 |
6760 |
819 |
Sep-11 |
7719 |
673 |
Oct-11 |
8536 |
818 |
Nov-11 |
9559 |
766 |
Dec-11 |
10269 |
729 |
Jan-12 |
11023 |
706 |
Feb-12 |
11773 |
832 |
Mar-12 |
12429 |
1040 |
Apr-12 |
1725 |
1037 |
May-12 |
2415 |
913 |
Jun-12 |
3188 |
924 |
Jul-12 |
3950 |
1007 |
Aug-12 |
4648 |
776 |
Sep-12 |
5486 |
785 |
Oct-12 |
6418 |
715 |
Nov-12 |
7418 |
717 |
Dec-12 |
8408 |
753 |
Jan-13 |
9355 |
780 |
Feb-13 |
10269 |
955 |
Mar-13 |
11031 |
1044 |
Apr-13 |
1710 |
1247 |
May-13 |
2172 |
772 |
Jun-13 |
3120 |
1373 |
Jul-13 |
3416 |
1417 |
Aug-13 |
3680 |
1110 |
Sep-13 |
4189 |
1044 |
Oct-13 |
4863 |
973 |
Nov-13 |
5595 |
1024 |
Dec-13 |
6283 |
1275 |
Jan-14 |
6714 |
926 |
Feb-14 |
7427 |
1289 |
Mar-14 |
7825 |
1033 |
Apr-14 |
1724 |
1699 |
May-14 |
1728 |
1083 |
Jun-14 |
2350 |
1738 |
Jul-14 |
2308 |
1749 |
Aug-14 |
2213 |
1763 |
Sep-14 |
2050 |
1442 |
Oct-14 |
2277 |
1473 |
Nov-14 |
2511 |
1723 |
Dec-14 |
2481 |
1819 |
Jan-15 |
2416 |
1670 |
Feb-15 |
2392 |
2409 |
Mar-15 |
1690 |
1519 |
Apr-15 |
2528 |
1888 |
May-15 |
2285 |
2277 |
Jun-15 |
1609 |
1215 |
Jul-15 |
2040 |
1943 |
Aug-15 |
2347 |
2418 |
Sep-15 |
1544 |
1520 |
Oct-15 |
2111 |
1953 |
Nov-15 |
2011 |
2100 |
Dec-15 |
1898 |
1774 |
Jan-16 |
1926 |
1441 |
Feb-16 |
2439 |
1760 |
Mar-16 |
2661 |
1748 |
Apr-16 |
2175 |
1692 |
May-16 |
2464 |
1849 |
Jun-16 |
2575 |
1853 |
Jul-16 |
2701 |
2238 |
Aug-16 |
2695 |
1952 |
Sep-16 |
2879 |
1509 |