Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many University-sponsored Graduate Entrepreneur Tier 1 visas have been issued since 6 April 2013.
The information available relates to all Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur visas granted. Individuals may be endorsed by either UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) as part of the elite global graduate entrepreneur programme or by authorised endorsing UK higher education institutions (HEI)The data is given in the table below:
Entry clearance visas granted- Tier 1 - Graduate Entrepreneur (main applicants) | |||||
2013 Q2 | 0 | ||||
2013 Q3 | 2 | ||||
2013 Q4 | 11 | ||||
2014 Q1 | 46 | ||||
2014 Q2 | 72 | ||||
Source: Table vi_04_q Immigration Statistics April-June 2014 | |||||
Table notes | |||||
1. Data for 2013 onwards are provisional figures. | |||||
The Home Office publishes quarterly statistics on entry clearance visas granted outside the UK, by category, in table vi_04_q (Entry Clearance Visas volume 1) within the ‘Immigration Statistics’ release. Corresponding data on extensions of stay granted within the UK are published in table ex_01_q (Extensions).
A copy of the latest release, ‘Immigration Statistics April - June 2014’ is available from the Library of the House and from:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release