To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sponsors of Tier 2 general visas in each region and constituent part of the UK have been issued with such visas in each year since 2009.
Answered on
16 October 2014
The table below shows the number of Tier 2 General sponsors by region that have used a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) to sponsor a Tier 2 General migrant worker since 2009.
Number of Sponsors by region associated with migrants who have used Tier 2 General CoS by calendar year since 2009
Region | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
London & South East | 3,435 | 3,565 | 3,594 | 4,805 | 6,836 |
Midlands & East of England | 1,016 | 1,143 | 1,036 | 1,192 | 1,726 |
Wales & South West | 427 | 532 | 392 | 460 | 635 |
Scotland & Northern Ireland | 506 | 517 | 387 | 449 | 672 |
North East, Yorkshire & the Humber | 330 | 366 | 316 | 359 | 495 |
North West | 310 | 344 | 258 | 347 | 495 |
Note: Full data for the calendar year 2014 is not yet available.