To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many domestic workers from overseas successfully applied for leave to remain in the UK in each of the last five years.
Answered on
20 January 2016
The information requested on extensions of stay (leave to remain) is given in the table below. Corresponding data for 2015 will be published on 25 February 2016.
Domestic workers in Private Households (and dependants) granted an extension of stay | ||||||||
Year | Main applicants | Dependants | Total | |||||
2010 | 6,645 | 608 | 7,253 | |||||
2011 | 6,156 | 490 | 6,646 | |||||
2012 | 3,737 | 311 | 4,048 | |||||
2013 | 5,218 | 428 | 5,646 | |||||
2014 | 4,025 | 384 | 4,409 | |||||
Source:Immigration Statistics July-September 2015, Home Office, table ex_01. | ||||||||
Information on grants of extensions of stay for overseas domestic workers in private households is published in the Extensions table ex_01 in the Home Office’s Immigration Statistics release. The latest edition, Immigration Statistics: July to September 2015 is available from the Library of the House and on the GOV.UK statistics web pages at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release.