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The Tier 1 (General) route closed to Leave to Remain extension applications on 6 April 2015. Therefore, no Tier 1 General extension applications were received in the last twelve months.<\/p>
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, how many BAME staff are employed at (a) grade 7, (b) grade 5 and (c) grade 3 in his Department.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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The data regarding exceeding the eight-week service standards in current application routes can be found using the link https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-may-2019 <\/a><\/p>
The statistics specific to service standards can be found on tab InC_02.<\/p>
The data regarding exceeding the eight-week service standards in current application routes can be found using the link https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-may-2019 <\/a><\/p>
The statistics specific to service standards can be found on tab InC_02.<\/p>
The data regarding exceeding the eight-week service standards in current application routes can be found using the link https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-may-2019 <\/a><\/p>
The statistics specific to service standards can be found on tab InC_02.<\/p>