Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work visas were issued to people from Commonwealth countries in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.

The information requested is given in the table below

Work-related UK entry clearance visas issued 2010 to 2013: current Commonweath
Member State nationalities

2010 105,146
2011 95,625
2012 90,567
2013 96,593

Notes

Includes dependants. Data is based on nationalities granted work-related
visas corresponding to the current Commonwealth Members listed at
http://thecommonwealth.org/member-countries

Source: Table be06_q_w (Before Entry tables volume 3), Immigration Statistics
January to March 2014

The latest Home Office immigration statistics on entry clearance visas granted
(by category and by individual nationality) are published in the quarterly
Immigration Statistics release, which is available from the Library of the
House and on the Department's website at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release