Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Departments have been provided with (a) the number and (b) details of Tier 2 (General) Certificate of Sponsorship refusals as a result of the annual cap being reached since November 2017 to inform those Departments' policy work.

Where the Home Office receive requests for data from Government Departments or non-departmental public bodies such the Migration Advisory Committee, it endeavours to meet their requests if such data is available.

We continue to monitor the operation of the Tier 2 visa route to ensure that Tier 2 balances enabling the brightest and best migrants to work in the UK with our commitment to reducing net migration.