| |
Successful (grants)
(1)
|
|
Country of origin or birth
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
Total
|
|
Aden
|
8
|
10
|
4
|
—
|
2
|
24
|
|
Afghanistan
|
2,994
|
9,588
|
5,130
|
4,545
|
4,783
|
27,040
|
|
Albania
|
699
|
1,014
|
883
|
1,339
|
1,247
|
5,182
|
|
Algeria
|
894
|
1,045
|
853
|
1,199
|
1,332
|
5,323
|
|
American Samoa
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
|
Andorra
|
1
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
2
|
|
Angola
|
626
|
884
|
848
|
699
|
589
|
3,646
|
|
Anguilla
|
12
|
29
|
10
|
—
|
9
|
60
|
|
Antigua and Barbuda
|
14
|
21
|
16
|
21
|
11
|
83
|
|
Argentina
|
127
|
141
|
130
|
218
|
165
|
781
|
|
Armenia
|
82
|
126
|
65
|
88
|
82
|
443
|
|
Aruba
|
1
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
2
|
|
Australia
|
3,423
|
2,780
|
2,172
|
2,712
|
2,456
|
13,543
|
|
Austria
|
30
|
29
|
27
|
26
|
36
|
148
|
|
Awaiting country to be added to list
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
1
|
|
Azerbaijan
|
141
|
221
|
149
|
174
|
143
|
828
|
|
Bahamas
|
16
|
17
|
16
|
18
|
15
|
82
|
|
Bahrain
|
88
|
57
|
49
|
140
|
88
|
422
|
|
Bangladesh
|
3,724
|
2,223
|
3,693
|
12,003
|
7,783
|
29,426
|
|
Barbados
|
137
|
109
|
88
|
98
|
58
|
490
|
|
Belarus
|
165
|
181
|
150
|
290
|
230
|
1,016
|
|
Belgium
|
64
|
64
|
37
|
39
|
55
|
259
|
|
Belize
|
13
|
16
|
9
|
19
|
11
|
68
|
|
Benin
|
14
|
14
|
13
|
12
|
24
|
77
|
|
Bermuda
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
12
|
|
Bhutan
|
21
|
34
|
28
|
26
|
21
|
130
|
|
Bolivia
|
69
|
76
|
60
|
101
|
67
|
373
|
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
228
|
205
|
99
|
156
|
107
|
795
|
|
Botswana
|
33
|
32
|
38
|
58
|
78
|
239
|
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|
Brazil
|
548
|
621
|
596
|
928
|
999
|
3,692
|
|
British Guiana
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
—
|
—
|
3
|
|
British Virgin Islands
|
14
|
12
|
8
|
4
|
4
|
42
|
|
Brunei
|
58
|
37
|
53
|
61
|
93
|
302
|
|
Bulgaria
|
516
|
1,039
|
710
|
1,761
|
1,793
|
5,819
|
|
Burkina Faso
|
6
|
3
|
5
|
9
|
14
|
37
|
|
Burma
|
26
|
18
|
10
|
19
|
13
|
86
|
|
Burundi
|
337
|
581
|
455
|
360
|
289
|
2,022
|
|
Byelorussian SSR
|
1
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
|
Cambodia
|
—
|
5
|
9
|
16
|
20
|
50
|
|
Cambodia (Kampuchea)
|
15
|
26
|
8
|
10
|
14
|
73
|
|
Cameroon
|
324
|
429
|
331
|
430
|
440
|
1,954
|
|
Canada
|
1,586
|
1,264
|
978
|
1,176
|
996
|
6,000
|
|
Cape Verde
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
4
|
6
|
17
|
|
Cayman Islands
|
18
|
30
|
15
|
9
|
10
|
82
|
|
Central African Republic
|
5
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
18
|
|
Ceylon
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
|
Chad
|
42
|
27
|
20
|
23
|
13
|
125
|
|
Chile
|
103
|
86
|
92
|
98
|
75
|
454
|
|
China
|
2,143
|
2,953
|
2,333
|
5,178
|
5,472
|
18,079
|
|
Colombia
|
1,371
|
1,603
|
1,002
|
973
|
837
|
5,786
|
|
Comoros
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
7
|
|
Congo
|
384
|
330
|
192
|
219
|
255
|
1,380
|
|
Congo (Brazzaville)
|
11
|
16
|
9
|
8
|
12
|
56
|
|
Cook Islands
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
1
|
—
|
3
|
|
Costa Rica
|
17
|
13
|
12
|
17
|
11
|
70
|
|
Côte D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
0
|
|
Côte D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
|
264
|
334
|
282
|
345
|
400
|
1,625
|
|
Croatia
|
483
|
312
|
136
|
199
|
121
|
1,251
|
|
Cuba
|
107
|
107
|
85
|
104
|
108
|
511
|
|
Cyprus
|
395
|
159
|
95
|
129
|
132
|
910
|
|
Czechoslovakia
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
5
|
7
|
21
|
|
Czech Republic
|
88
|
73
|
46
|
55
|
83
|
345
|
|
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
7
|
15
|
28
|
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
1,230
|
1,547
|
1,190
|
1,440
|
1,708
|
7,115
|
|
Denmark
|
22
|
36
|
24
|
29
|
38
|
149
|
|
Djibouti
|
12
|
13
|
9
|
15
|
19
|
68
|
|
Dominica
|
67
|
50
|
58
|
55
|
54
|
284
|
|
Dominican Republic
|
36
|
66
|
53
|
74
|
70
|
299
|
|
Dutch East Indies
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
|
East Timor
|
—
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
6
|
|
Ecuador
|
717
|
632
|
499
|
478
|
438
|
2,764
|
|
Egypt
|
539
|
646
|
432
|
834
|
883
|
3,334
|
|
El Salvador
|
12
|
8
|
14
|
16
|
12
|
62
|
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
2
|
5
|
10
|
4
|
4
|
25
|
|
Eritrea
|
450
|
599
|
428
|
545
|
817
|
2,839
|
|
Estonia
|
70
|
73
|
17
|
33
|
43
|
236
|
|
Ethiopia
|
732
|
1,012
|
651
|
765
|
821
|
3,981
|
|
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
|
5,166
|
2,404
|
268
|
52
|
22
|
7,912
|
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|
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
0
|
|
Fiji
|
35
|
81
|
83
|
75
|
97
|
371
|
|
Finland
|
25
|
34
|
27
|
39
|
29
|
154
|
|
France
|
259
|
303
|
232
|
269
|
300
|
1,363
|
|
French Guiana
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
11
|
|
French Polynesia
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
0
|
|
Gabon
|
7
|
9
|
8
|
7
|
11
|
42
|
|
Gambia
|
243
|
328
|
315
|
495
|
488
|
1,869
|
|
Georgia
|
156
|
158
|
101
|
177
|
146
|
738
|
|
German Democratic Republic
|
2
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
4
|
|
Germany
|
370
|
428
|
329
|
436
|
412
|
1,975
|
|
Ghana
|
2,969
|
2,751
|
2,495
|
3,976
|
3,599
|
15,790
|
|
Gibraltar
|
15
|
21
|
18
|
15
|
19
|
88
|
|
Gilbert Islands
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
|
Goa
|
3
|
—
|
1
|
2
|
—
|
6
|
|
Greece
|
88
|
204
|
139
|
165
|
177
|
773
|
|
Greenland
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
|
Grenada
|
62
|
72
|
47
|
62
|
64
|
307
|
|
Guadeloupe
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
12
|
|
Guam
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
0
|
|
Guatemala
|
16
|
28
|
25
|
21
|
9
|
99
|
|
Guinea
|
26
|
72
|
71
|
86
|
100
|
355
|
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
9
|
10
|
6
|
24
|
14
|
63
|
|
Guyana
|
254
|
282
|
234
|
333
|
430
|
1,533
|
|
Haiti
|
9
|
7
|
7
|
8
|
1
|
32
|
|
Honduras
|
13
|
27
|
16
|
12
|
30
|
98
|
|
Hong Kong
|
1,128
|
1,353
|
1,266
|
2,204
|
2,205
|
8,156
|
|
Hungary
|
107
|
92
|
46
|
71
|
212
|
528
|
|
Iceland
|
2
|
7
|
—
|
12
|
5
|
26
|
|
India
|
14,285
|
13,353
|
10,828
|
23,002
|
25,350
|
86,818
|
|
Indonesia
|
178
|
169
|
119
|
194
|
192
|
852
|
|
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
|
3,400
|
4,225
|
2,160
|
2,794
|
2,505
|
15,084
|
|
Iraq
|
3,733
|
5,029
|
8,456
|
5,166
|
4,182
|
26,566
|
|
Ireland
|
220
|
208
|
87
|
133
|
128
|
776
|
|
Israel
|
455
|
416
|
283
|
471
|
383
|
2,008
|
|
Israeli Occupied Territories
|
4
|
17
|
4
|
—
|
—
|
25
|
|
Italy
|
189
|
217
|
142
|
186
|
201
|
935
|
|
Jamaica
|
2,472
|
3,221
|
2,485
|
2,849
|
2,425
|
13,452
|
|
Japan
|
183
|
160
|
111
|
190
|
146
|
790
|
|
Jordan
|
256
|
196
|
111
|
184
|
151
|
898
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
117
|
129
|
102
|
150
|
128
|
626
|
|
Kenya
|
2,922
|
2,579
|
1,669
|
2,338
|
1,973
|
11,481
|
|
Kiribati
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
|
Korea
|
24
|
20
|
6
|
20
|
9
|
79
|
|
Kosovo
|
38
|
27
|
244
|
1,039
|
1,287
|
2,635
|
|
Kosovo
|
307
|
111
|
630
|
211
|
113
|
1,372
|
|
Kuwait
|
320
|
303
|
212
|
381
|
309
|
1,525
|
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
44
|
67
|
51
|
67
|
39
|
268
|
|
Lao People's Democratic Republic
|
10
|
8
|
8
|
17
|
12
|
55
|
|
Latvia
|
79
|
92
|
38
|
56
|
118
|
383
|
|
Lebanon
|
571
|
736
|
375
|
663
|
607
|
2,952
|
|
Lesotho
|
11
|
17
|
16
|
19
|
30
|
93
|
|
Liberia
|
134
|
191
|
158
|
157
|
163
|
803
|
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|
Libya
|
123
|
75
|
47
|
53
|
32
|
330
|
|
Libya (Arab Republic)
|
272
|
264
|
268
|
413
|
272
|
1,489
|
|
Libyan Arab Republic
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
|
Liechtenstein
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
2
|
|
Lithuania
|
129
|
123
|
43
|
87
|
176
|
558
|
|
Luxembourg
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
18
|
|
Macao Special Administrative Region of China
|
11
|
19
|
10
|
9
|
10
|
59
|
|
Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of)
|
129
|
196
|
130
|
188
|
141
|
784
|
|
Madagascar
|
9
|
17
|
13
|
12
|
19
|
70
|
|
Malawi
|
195
|
209
|
176
|
257
|
289
|
1,126
|
|
Malaya
|
2
|
1
|
—
|
2
|
—
|
5
|
|
Malaysia
|
709
|
690
|
663
|
1,120
|
1,049
|
4,231
|
|
Maldives
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
7
|
5
|
19
|
|
Mali
|
6
|
6
|
3
|
7
|
14
|
36
|
|
Malta
|
47
|
25
|
17
|
15
|
29
|
133
|
|
Marshall Islands
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
|
Martinique
|
2
|
—
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
9
|
|
Mauritania
|
1
|
5
|
3
|
7
|
1
|
17
|
|
Mauritius
|
576
|
835
|
585
|
973
|
810
|
3,779
|
|
Mayotte
|
2
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
—
|
3
|
|
Mexico
|
138
|
135
|
116
|
239
|
220
|
848
|
|
Moldova, Republic of
|
86
|
137
|
93
|
134
|
143
|
593
|
|
Monaco
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
2
|
7
|
10
|
|
Mongolia
|
41
|
61
|
59
|
63
|
63
|
287
|
|
Montenegro
|
29
|
10
|
2
|
9
|
6
|
56
|
|
Montserrat
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
13
|
|
Morocco
|
501
|
532
|
523
|
758
|
708
|
3,022
|
|
Mozambique
|
79
|
65
|
56
|
91
|
70
|
361
|
|
Myanmar
|
156
|
171
|
134
|
219
|
221
|
901
|
|
Namibia
|
63
|
78
|
38
|
99
|
68
|
346
|
|
Nationality currently unknown
|
—
|
2
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
2
|
|
Nepal
|
826
|
932
|
906
|
2,021
|
2,259
|
6,944
|
|
Netherlands
|
65
|
98
|
47
|
79
|
86
|
375
|
|
Netherlands Antilles
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
—
|
11
|
|
New Caledonia
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
|
New Zealand
|
1,706
|
1,413
|
1,121
|
1,408
|
1,389
|
7,037
|
|
Nicaragua
|
8
|
10
|
12
|
13
|
11
|
54
|
|
Niger
|
6
|
4
|
1
|
9
|
7
|
27
|
|
Nigeria
|
5,149
|
5,096
|
3,876
|
5,956
|
6,462
|
26,539
|
|
Niue
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
|
Northern Mariana Islands
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
2
|
|
Northern Rhodesia
|
2
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
2
|
5
|
|
Norway
|
24
|
24
|
13
|
12
|
17
|
90
|
|
Nyasaland
|
2
|
1
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
4
|
|
Oman
|
34
|
24
|
31
|
86
|
85
|
260
|
|
Pakistan
|
9,541
|
7,539
|
8,893
|
19,464
|
20,364
|
65,801
|
|
Palestinian Authority
|
80
|
97
|
73
|
192
|
193
|
635
|
|
Panama
|
15
|
7
|
26
|
23
|
13
|
84
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Panama Canal Zone
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
1
|
|
Papua New Guinea
|
24
|
28
|
10
|
24
|
22
|
108
|
|
Paraguay
|
8
|
4
|
7
|
11
|
8
|
38
|
|
Peru
|
131
|
213
|
167
|
222
|
217
|
950
|
|
Philippines
|
7,786
|
9,606
|
4,792
|
10,383
|
8,413
|
40,980
|
|
Poland
|
467
|
463
|
220
|
371
|
1,172
|
2,693
|
|
Portugal
|
111
|
90
|
71
|
110
|
109
|
491
|
|
Puerto Rico
|
—
|
1
|
3
|
5
|
6
|
15
|
|
Qatar
|
24
|
27
|
17
|
43
|
31
|
142
|
|
Republic of Montenegro
|
1
|
4
|
28
|
36
|
31
|
100
|
|
Republic of Serbia
|
162
|
257
|
357
|
376
|
282
|
1,434
|
|
Reunion
|
1
|
2
|
—
|
1
|
2
|
6
|
|
Rhodesia
|
41
|
30
|
24
|
32
|
16
|
143
|
|
Romania
|
—
|
1
|
1
|
664
|
742
|
1,408
|
|
Romania
|
544
|
484
|
339
|
197
|
124
|
1,688
|
|
Russian Federation
|
1,725
|
1,700
|
1,234
|
1,797
|
1,576
|
8,032
|
|
Rwanda
|
411
|
581
|
313
|
296
|
228
|
1,829
|
|
Samoa
|
—
|
5
|
1
|
5
|
5
|
16
|
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
3
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
|
Saudi Arabia
|
416
|
504
|
306
|
768
|
829
|
2,823
|
|
Senegal
|
24
|
34
|
28
|
51
|
55
|
192
|
|
Serbia and Montenegro
|
247
|
174
|
15
|
4
|
5
|
445
|
|
Seychelles
|
56
|
62
|
50
|
73
|
49
|
290
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
1,296
|
1,804
|
1,030
|
960
|
872
|
5,962
|
|
Singapore
|
155
|
163
|
150
|
216
|
186
|
870
|
|
Slovakia
|
136
|
114
|
49
|
53
|
155
|
507
|
|
Slovenia
|
8
|
11
|
4
|
4
|
10
|
37
|
|
Solomon Islands
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
9
|
2
|
14
|
|
Somalia
|
7,584
|
6,416
|
6,447
|
7,336
|
5,271
|
33,054
|
|
South Africa
|
6,986
|
7,430
|
4,757
|
7,611
|
6,630
|
33,414
|
|
Southern Rhodesia
|
9
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
24
|
|
Southern Yemen
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
—
|
—
|
7
|
|
South Korea (Rep of Korea)
|
247
|
488
|
365
|
769
|
658
|
2,527
|
|
South West Africa
|
1
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
|
Soviet Union (USSR)
|
—
|
3
|
8
|
9
|
7
|
27
|
|
Spain
|
148
|
137
|
106
|
120
|
135
|
646
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
4,607
|
6,030
|
2,992
|
4,196
|
4,199
|
22,024
|
|
St Christopher and Nevis
|
—
|
1
|
1
|
—
|
—
|
2
|
|
St Helena
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
|
St Kitts and Nevis
|
39
|
29
|
18
|
29
|
17
|
132
|
|
St Lucia
|
72
|
123
|
121
|
120
|
129
|
565
|
|
St Vincent and the Grenadines
|
52
|
120
|
151
|
116
|
78
|
517
|
|
Sudan
|
806
|
650
|
521
|
862
|
792
|
3,631
|
|
Suriname
|
1
|
4
|
—
|
4
|
2
|
11
|
|
Swaziland
|
10
|
30
|
16
|
30
|
50
|
136
|
|
Sweden
|
37
|
60
|
52
|
50
|
72
|
271
|
|
Switzerland
|
129
|
97
|
69
|
100
|
74
|
469
|
|
Taiwan (Republic of China)
|
175
|
176
|
164
|
269
|
214
|
998
|
|
Tajikistan
|
14
|
10
|
12
|
15
|
24
|
75
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|
Tanganyika and Zanzibar
|
3
|
6
|
3
|
6
|
1
|
19
|
|
Thailand
|
822
|
991
|
1,056
|
1,955
|
2,162
|
6,986
|
|
The Syrian Arab Republic
|
325
|
324
|
251
|
457
|
401
|
1,758
|
|
Tibet
|
6
|
2
|
3
|
14
|
5
|
30
|
|
Timor-Leste
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
|
Togo
|
99
|
87
|
49
|
91
|
75
|
401
|
|
Tonga
|
2
|
10
|
8
|
8
|
9
|
37
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
469
|
453
|
362
|
604
|
490
|
2,378
|
|
Tunisia
|
117
|
173
|
138
|
233
|
196
|
857
|
|
Turkey
|
4,719
|
4,177
|
4,191
|
6,613
|
4,249
|
23,949
|
|
Turkish controlled area of Cyprus
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
1
|
|
Turkmenistan
|
10
|
27
|
24
|
30
|
37
|
128
|
|
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
1
|
|
Uganda
|
1,070
|
1,128
|
815
|
917
|
839
|
4,769
|
|
Ukraine
|
810
|
1,150
|
655
|
1,060
|
988
|
4,663
|
|
Union of Myanmar
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
2
|
2
|
|
United Arab Emirates
|
180
|
166
|
131
|
262
|
339
|
1,078
|
|
United Kingdom
|
20,580
|
16,353
|
12,363
|
19,323
|
21,869
|
90,488
|
|
United Rep of Tanzania
|
736
|
577
|
399
|
525
|
446
|
2,683
|
|
United States of America
|
2,854
|
2,535
|
1,975
|
2,736
|
2,562
|
12,662
|
|
United States Virgin Islands
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
Unknown—officially designated
|
20
|
8
|
5
|
3
|
11
|
47
|
|
Uruguay
|
24
|
19
|
13
|
15
|
27
|
98
|
|
USSR
|
195
|
243
|
101
|
226
|
177
|
942
|
|
Uzbekistan
|
75
|
87
|
67
|
112
|
95
|
436
|
|
Vanuatu
|
—
|
1
|
—
|
—
|
2
|
3
|
|
Venezuela
|
112
|
163
|
118
|
219
|
197
|
809
|
|
Vietnam
|
184
|
304
|
282
|
453
|
439
|
1,662
|
|
Western Sahara
|
1
|
—
|
2
|
—
|
—
|
3
|
|
Yemen
|
568
|
455
|
354
|
690
|
583
|
2,650
|
|
Yemen Arab Republic
|
2
|
—
|
—
|
3
|
—
|
5
|
|
Yugoslavia
|
280
|
128
|
94
|
156
|
79
|
737
|
|
Zambia
|
459
|
623
|
487
|
777
|
792
|
3,138
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
2,593
|
5,521
|
5,536
|
7,269
|
5,809
|
26,728
|
| |
373
|
630
|
308
|
246
|
209
|
1,766
|
|
Total
|
160,473
|
167,296
|
132,287
|
206,667
|
197,221
|
863,944
|
|
(1) The successful (grants) figures do not relate to the applications received figures in the same time period.
Source:
Local management information provided by UK Border Agency, North West Region Planning and MI Team and is not a National Statistic. As such it should be treated as provisional and therefore subject to change.
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