Previous Section | Index | Home Page |
23 Feb 2004 : Column 251Wcontinued
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the work of the Sentencing Guidelines Council. [152840]
23 Feb 2004 : Column 252W
Paul Goggins: The role of the Sentencing Guidelines Council is to issue guidance on all aspects of sentencing so as to promote consistent and just sentencing by the courts within the framework provided by Parliament. Recruitment of members is currently under way.
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the case for (a) using tagging with an intensive supervision order and (b) making tagged offenders who can afford it pay a rental for tagging equipment. [150180]
Paul Goggins: The Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme (ISSP) operates within the supervision order for juveniles. The programme is being evaluated by Oxford university and the evaluation report with 12 month reconviction data is now expected in April 2004. Electronic tagging provides the main form of monitoring of the offender on ISSP. Other forms of monitoring include voice verification.
Electronic monitoring is also used with curfew orders and tagging on bail as well as early release from custody. Evaluation of tagging for juveniles on curfew orders has been published. Progress is also being made on developing the Intensive Control and Change Programme with tagging for 18 to 20-year-old adults and we are extending the pilot areas.
We have no proposals to charge juvenile or adult offenders for tagging. The financial benefits of charging offenders for use of tagging equipment are likely to be small and offset by administration and enforcement costs. Tagging is already a cost effective alternative to custody.
Mr. David: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans the Government have to (a) re-examine and (b) change visa arrangements for US nationals entering the United Kingdom. [153299]
Beverley Hughes: The Government have no plans to re-examine or change the entry clearance requirements for US nationals entering the United Kingdom, although all such requirements are kept under review.
Mr. David: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what (a) the arrangements for the issuing of visas and (b) eligibility for visas are for (i) US citizens and (ii) other non-EU and non-Commonwealth citizens entering the United Kingdom. [153300]
23 Feb 2004 : Column 253W
Beverley Hughes: Arrangements for the issuing of visas are specific to the individual visa issuing Post and are influenced by factors such as the level of demand, and local security situation. Applicants may lodge applications online, in person or by courier service or post. Visa sections may return successful applicants' passports by courier service, or return their endorsed passport to them in person. In the US the visa issuing Posts in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York accept applications made on-line, by post or in person. Visa sections in non-EU or non-Commonwealth countries may operate any one or more of these methods.
US Nationals are not visa nationals and are therefore only obliged to apply for entry clearance to the UK in specific categories, as set out in the Immigration Rules or if coming to the UK for longer than six months. Visa nationals, which include certain non-EU and non-Commonwealth citizens, are required to obtain entry clearance to enter the UK for any period or purpose. Whether applying for entry clearance or not, the same conditions, as set out in the Immigration Rules, apply to all non-EU or non-Commonwealth nationals.
Mr. Best: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken by his Department to respond to requests for information made by the Visa Section of the British High Commission in Harare about visa applicants. [149486]
Beverley Hughes: Immigration and Nationality Department officials are working closely with UKvisas to ensure that all requests for information are handled promptly, effectively and securely by those involved. On 10 January this year a new system was introduced making greater use of electronic transmissions. This will also provide an audit trail for each request for information. UKvisas and the relevant Home Office Departments are constantly reviewing the system. Work is currently under way to identify further improvements.
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 14 January 2004, Official Report, column 762W, on HMYOI Wetherby, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increases in costs per prisoner and cost per prisoner place; and what the (a) cost and (b) increase in cost is per (i) prisoner and (ii) prisoner place. [151692]
Paul Goggins: I refer the hon. member to the answer I gave to question (151131) on 9 February 2004 which set out the reasons for increases in the cost per prisoner and cost per prisoner place at HMYOI Wetherby between 199899 and 200203. The costs themselves were set out in my previous answers to questions 145649 and 145650.
Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many work permits were issued in 2002. [145413]
Beverley Hughes: Under the work permit arrangements, 136,151 approvals were issued during the calendar year 2002. This figure includes initial approvals and approvals of applications to extend and to change existing work permits. It represents a 13 per cent.
23 Feb 2004 : Column 254W
increase on the numbers of approved in 2001 and a 203 per cent. increase since 1997. These increases are part of our overall policy of expanding legal migration where it meets the needs of the economy while bearing down on illegal migration.
Mr. Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many work permits were granted to health care professionals to work in the United Kingdom in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) country of origin and (b) profession. [151609]
Beverley Hughes: [holding answer 29 January 2004]: The tables provide figures for the numbers of work permits granted to health care professionals between 1995 and 2003 (the period for which information is available) broken down by country of origin, and between 2000 and 2003 broken down by occupation.
A breakdown by occupations for the years 1995 to 1999 can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Number | |
---|---|
India | 209 |
Mauritius | 157 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 151 |
Nigeria | 116 |
United States of America | 112 |
South Africa | 102 |
Australia | 100 |
Zimbabwe | 76 |
Pakistan | 68 |
Malaysia | 57 |
Others | 475 |
Total | 1,623 |
Number | |
---|---|
India | 276 |
Mauritius | 200 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 192 |
South Africa | 190 |
Australia | 189 |
Zimbabwe | 146 |
Nigeria | 133 |
United States of America | 127 |
Pakistan | 96 |
Malaysia | 82 |
Others | 650 |
Total | 2,281 |
Number | |
---|---|
South Africa | 420 |
Australia | 357 |
India | 318 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 198 |
Nigeria | 196 |
United States of America | 187 |
Mauritius | 162 |
Zimbabwe | 142 |
Pakistan | 112 |
Canada | 102 |
Others | 926 |
Total | 3,120 |
23 Feb 2004 : Column 255W
Number | |
---|---|
South Africa | 753 |
India | 457 |
Australia | 438 |
Nigeria | 338 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 278 |
United States of America | 232 |
Zimbabwe | 225 |
New Zealand | 192 |
Mauritius | 187 |
Malaysia | 178 |
Others | 1,465 |
Total | 4,743 |
Number | |
---|---|
South Africa | 2,024 |
Philippines | 1,770 |
India | 916 |
Australia | 720 |
Nigeria | 688 |
Zimbabwe | 581 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 501 |
United States of America | 376 |
Malaysia | 272 |
New Zealand | 259 |
Others | 2,629 |
Total | 10,736 |
Number | |
---|---|
Philippines | 6,592 |
South Africa | 2,880 |
India | 1,939 |
Zimbabwe | 1,149 |
Nigeria | 1,046 |
Australia | 827 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 471 |
United States of America | 401 |
Pakistan | 391 |
New Zealand | 390 |
Others | 3,874 |
Total | 19,960 |
Number | |
---|---|
Philippines | 10,017 |
India | 4,137 |
South Africa | 4,132 |
Zimbabwe | 1,959 |
Nigeria | 1,329 |
Australia | 1,097 |
Pakistan | 799 |
Ghana | 565 |
China Peoples Republic of | 539 |
New Zealand | 488 |
Others | 5,514 |
Total | 30,576 |
23 Feb 2004 : Column 256W
Number | |
---|---|
Philippines | 11,143 |
India | 6,482 |
South Africa | 5,728 |
Zimbabwe | 2,646 |
Nigeria | 1,814 |
Australia | 1,241 |
Pakistan | 861 |
China Peoples Republic of | 713 |
Ghana | 631 |
Bulgaria | 599 |
Others | 6,598 |
Total | 38,456 |
Number | |
---|---|
Philippines | 12,014 |
India | 9,835 |
South Africa | 5,880 |
Zimbabwe | 2,825 |
Nigeria | 1,510 |
Australia | 1,292 |
China Peoples Republic of | 1,068 |
Pakistan | 964 |
Ghana | 850 |
Bulgaria | 787 |
Others | 7,417 |
Total | 44,442 |
Number | |
---|---|
Nurse | 14,123 |
Medical practitioner | 543 |
Pharmacist | 411 |
Researcher | 243 |
Dental surgeon | 162 |
Physiotherapist | 157 |
Assistant dentist | 140 |
Veterinary surgeon | 114 |
Psychiatrist | 99 |
Occupational therapist | 90 |
Others | 3,879 |
Total | 19,961 |
Number | |
---|---|
Nurse | 22,414 |
Medical practitioner | 852 |
Doctor | 762 |
Pharmacist | 471 |
Researcher | 267 |
Physiotherapist | 261 |
Dental surgeon | 218 |
Psychiatrist | 188 |
Radiographer | 155 |
Occupational therapist | 135 |
Others | 4,854 |
Total | 30,577 |
23 Feb 2004 : Column 257W
Number | |
---|---|
Nurse | 25,926 |
Doctor | 1,948 |
Medical practitioner | 524 |
Pharmacist | 443 |
Researcher | 378 |
Physiotherapist | 357 |
Radiographer | 352 |
Dental surgeon | 238 |
Psychiatrist | 213 |
Occupational therapist | 194 |
Others | 7,884 |
Total | 38,457 |
Number | |
---|---|
Nurse | 27,171 |
Doctor | 2,947 |
Pharmacist | 409 |
Physiotherapist | 389 |
Radiographer | 384 |
Medical practitioner | 340 |
Researcher | 339 |
Social worker | 208 |
Dental surgeon | 201 |
Psychiatrist | 189 |
Others | 11,866 |
Total | 44,443 |
David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will break down, by occupation, work permits awarded in each year since 1997. [154150]
Beverley Hughes: Figures for the primary occupations for which the most work permit applications have been issued since 1997 are given in the following tables:
Occupation | Total number issued |
---|---|
Trainee | 4,529 |
Manager | 2,579 |
Manager (Unspecified) | 1,943 |
Systems Analyst | 1,768 |
Staff Nurse | 1,527 |
Other Financial Occupations | 1,331 |
Company Director | 1,209 |
Other Medical Occupations | 1,007 |
Other Professional Sportsmen | 908 |
Musician | 839 |
Others | 25,204 |
Occupation | Total number issued |
---|---|
Trainee | 5,649 |
Systems Analyst | 2,446 |
Manager | 2,254 |
Staff Nurse | 1,782 |
Manager (Unspecified) | 1,543 |
Company Director | 1,162 |
Other Financial Occupations | 1,102 |
Other Medical Occupations | 1,083 |
Musician | 846 |
Other Professional Sportsmen | 723 |
Others | 33,022 |
23 Feb 2004 : Column 258W
Occupation | Total number issued |
---|---|
Trainee | 3,957 |
Staff Nurse | 2,679 |
Nurse | 2,406 |
Other Managerial Related Occupation | 2,195 |
Manager | 1,871 |
Other Medical Occupations | 1,356 |
Systems Analyst | 1,284 |
Manager (Unspecified) | 998 |
Other IT Related Occupation | 905 |
Accountant | 899 |
Others | 39,695 |
Occupation | Total number issued |
---|---|
Nurse | 15,040 |
Other Managerial Related Occupations | 14,971 |
Other IT Related Occupations | 14,971 |
Other Financial Occupations | 4,405 |
Other Engineering Occupations | 4,346 |
System Analyst | 3,606 |
Other Health/Medical Occupations | 3,347 |
Researcher | 3,246 |
Software Engineer | 3,006 |
Accountant | 2,531 |
Others | 21,417 |
Occupation | Total number issued |
---|---|
Nurse | 24,263 |
Other Managerial Related Occupations | 13,308 |
Other IT Related Occupations | 9,220 |
Teacher (School/College) | 5,880 |
Software Engineer | 5,603 |
Other Engineering Occupations | 4,555 |
System Analyst | 4,435 |
Other Financial Occupations | 4,421 |
Researcher | 3,931 |
Other Health/Medical Occupations | 3,801 |
Others | 37,970 |
Occupation | Total number issued |
---|---|
Nurse | 28,642 |
Other Managerial Related Occupations | 12,670 |
Teacher (School/College) | 8,353 |
Other Health/Medical Occupations | 7,004 |
Other IT Related Occupations | 6,935 |
Software Engineer | 6,768 |
Chef | 5,724 |
Other Engineering Occupations | 5,140 |
Researcher | 4,140 |
Analyst Programmer | 4,008 |
Others | 42,951 |
(70) To 30 September 2003.
23 Feb 2004 : Column 259W
Mr. Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many work permits were awarded to health workers (a) from each of the top 10 countries of origin and (b) in total in each of the last 10 years. [154601]
Beverley Hughes [holding answer 12 February 2004]: The tables provide figures for the number of permits granted to healthcare professionals between 1995 and 2003 (the period for which information is available). The tables give details of the number of applications approved for each of the top 10 countries of origin and the total of approved applications for each year.
Number | |
---|---|
India | 209 |
Mauritius | 157 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 151 |
Nigeria | 116 |
United States of America | 112 |
South Africa | 102 |
Australia | 100 |
Zimbabwe | 76 |
Pakistan | 68 |
Malaysia | 57 |
Total | 1,623 |
Number | |
---|---|
India | 276 |
Mauritius | 200 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 192 |
South Africa | 190 |
Australia | 189 |
Zimbabwe | 146 |
Nigeria | 133 |
United States of America | 127 |
Pakistan | 96 |
Malaysia | 82 |
Total | 2,281 |
Number | |
---|---|
South Africa | 420 |
Australia | 357 |
India | 318 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 198 |
Nigeria | 196 |
United States of America | 187 |
Mauritius | 162 |
Zimbabwe | 142 |
Pakistan | 112 |
Canada | 102 |
Total | 3,120 |
23 Feb 2004 : Column 260W
Number | |
---|---|
South Africa | 753 |
India | 457 |
Australia | 438 |
Nigeria | 338 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 278 |
United States of America | 232 |
Zimbabwe | 225 |
New Zealand | 192 |
Mauritius | 187 |
Malaysia | 178 |
Total | 4,743 |
Number | |
---|---|
South Africa | 2,024 |
Philippines | 1,770 |
India | 916 |
Australia | 720 |
Nigeria | 688 |
Zimbabwe | 581 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 501 |
United States of America | 376 |
Malaysia | 272 |
New Zealand | 259 |
Total | 10,736 |
Number | |
---|---|
Philippines | 6,592 |
South Africa | 2,880 |
India | 1,939 |
Zimbabwe | 1,149 |
Nigeria | 1,046 |
Australia | 827 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 471 |
United States of America | 401 |
Pakistan | 391 |
New Zealand | 390 |
Total | 19,961 |
Number | |
---|---|
Philippines | 10,017 |
India | 4,137 |
South Africa | 4,132 |
Zimbabwe | 1,959 |
Nigeria | 1,329 |
Australia | 1,097 |
Pakistan | 799 |
Ghana | 565 |
Peoples Republic of China | 539 |
New Zealand | 488 |
Total | 30,576 |
23 Feb 2004 : Column 261W
Number | |
---|---|
Philippines | 1 1,143 |
India | 6,482 |
South Africa | 5,727 |
Zimbabwe | 2,647 |
Nigeria | 1,814 |
Australia | 1,241 |
Pakistan | 861 |
Peoples Republic of China | 713 |
Ghana | 631 |
Bulgaria | 599 |
Total | 38,457 |
Number | |
---|---|
Philippines | 8,749 |
India | 7,367 |
South Africa | 4,422 |
Zimbabwe | 2,050 |
Nigeria | 1,128 |
Australia | 1,034 |
Peoples Republic of China | 732 |
Pakistan | 723 |
Ghana | 653 |
Bulgaria | 532 |
Total | 33,058 |
(71) Figures are only available for the period January to September 2003.
23 Feb 2004 : Column 262W
Next Section | Index | Home Page |