Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many skilled worker visa applications for roles in the manufacturing industry were granted in each year between 2010 and 2023.

The Home Office publishes data on entry-clearance visas by industry in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on visa applications are published in table ‘Occ_D01’ of the sponsored work entry clearance visas by occupation and industry dataset.

The Home Office publishes data on entry-clearance visas by industry in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on visas issued are published in table ‘Occ_D02’ of the sponsored work entry clearance visas by occupation and industry dataset.

Selecting ‘manufacturing’ from the industry filter will output data on visa issued for roles in the manufacturing industry. Nationality, visa routes, and time frames can also be filtered. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates up to the end of June 2023.

Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’.