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Debates during the 2024 Parliament
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Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
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Department Debates
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Legislation Debates
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Lords initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
1 Bill introduced by Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
A Bill to establish the Office for Demographic Change with the duty of collecting evidence about and analysing the impact of population change, and considering future changes in the population of the United Kingdom and their consequences; and for connected purposes
Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting
Latest 2 Written Questions
(View all written questions)1 Department for Work and Pensions Questions
(View all Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts's DWP questions)The Department publishes quarterly statistics on National Insurance number allocations to adult overseas nationals entering the UK with the latest statistics to June 2024 available by world area and country on Stat-Xplore. The number issued in the 12 months to June 2024 by world areas is shown in the table below.
NINO Registrations To Adult Overseas Nationals Entering The UK
Nationality | Rolling year end June 2023/24 |
European Union | 69,927 |
Non-European Union (Other Europe) | 49,302 |
Asia | 544,241 |
Rest of the World | 261,711 |
Other / unknown | 14,857 |
Total | 940,039 |
Source: Stat-Xplore
Note: Statistical disclosure control has been applied to this table to avoid the release of confidential data. Totals may not sum due to the disclosure control applied.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
The Home Office publishes information on monthly Sponsored Study visa applications in the ‘Monthly entry clearance visa applications release’.
[Monthly entry clearance visa applications - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)]
Data on Sponsored Study visa applications from main applicants and dependants can be found in the accompanying dataset.
[Monthly monitoring of entry clearance visa applications - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)].
The Home Office also publishes quarterly data on Sponsored Study visas in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’ [Immigration system statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)]. Data on visa applications, by applicant type and nationality, are published in table Vis_D01 of ‘Entry clearance visas granted outside the UK’ [Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)]. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to Q2 (April to July) 2024.
Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’ [immigration - Research and statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)].
Minister of State (Home Office)