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	date	25/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential effect on the number of people employed in Scotland who are from non-EU countries of the salary threshold increase for Tier 2 visa applications to £35,000.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	28456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government announced in 2012 that from 6 April 2016 Tier 2 visa holders who apply for settlement in the UK will be required to meet a minimum annual salary requirement of £35,000. PhD level roles and those in recognised shortage will be exempt from the £35,000 threshold.</p><p>Data of the number of people employed in specific regions of the United Kingdom is not available. The Home Office holds individual records showing the working location of Tier 2 (General) migrants, but centralised records show the registered address of the Tier 2 Sponsor, which is normally that organisation’s Head Office.</p><p>The Home Office published a full impact assessment on the changes to Tier 2 settlement rules when they were laid before Parliament on 15 March 2012. This includes the impact on the top ten occupations and is available on the gov.uk website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/117957/impact-assessment-tier2.pdf</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 28454 28455 28457 28458 28459 28460 28461 28462 28463 question first answered 01/03/2016 16:45:52 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

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	registered interest
	date	06/02/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) certificates of sponsorship and (b) extensions of stay were issued for people working for Scottish employers for Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 5 visas, by industry, in each year from 2011 to 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	63159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2017 answer text <p>Published information/data relating to the issuance of Certificates of Sponsorship can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2016-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2016-data-tables</a></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 21/02/2017 15:35:03 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald