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(asked on 8th September 2014) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers in each industry category set out in the Government's Office of National Statistics Standard Industrial Classification system hold a Tier 2 Sponsor Licence.


Answered by
James Brokenshire Portrait
James Brokenshire
This question was answered on 19th September 2014

The information requested is set out in the table below.

Industry sector

Number of Sponsors

Accommodation

199

Accommodation and Food Service Activities

656

Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities

69

Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies

38

Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities

202

Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel

1

Activities of households as employers; production activities of household for own use

3

Activities of membership organisations

286

Administrative and Support Activities

1

Administrative and Support Service Activities

227

Advertising and market research

290

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing

60

Air transport

107

Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis

240

Arts, Entertainment and Recreation

513

Civil engineering

86

Computer programming, consultancy and related activities

1,052

Construction

313

Construction of buildings

98

Creative, arts and entertainment activities

352

Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities

52

Education

2,173

Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply

131

Employment activities

166

Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas

110

Financial and Insurance Activities

922

Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding

972

Fishing and aquaculture

5

Food and beverage service activities

1,389

Forestry and logging

1

Gambling and betting activities

21

Human health activities

959

Human Health and Social Work Activities

803

Information and Communication

17

Information and Communications

1,805

Information service activities

298

Insurance, reinsurance, pension funding exc compulsory social security

158

Land transport and transport via pipelines

33

Legal and accounting activities

380

Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities

56

Manufacture of basic metals

24

Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and preparations

72

Manufacture of beverages

26

Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products

75

Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products

5

Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products

125

Manufacture of electrical equipment

129

Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery

79

Manufacture of food products

138

Manufacture of furniture

17

Manufacture of leather and related products

7

Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.

129

Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers

38

Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products

7

Manufacture of other transport equipment

29

Manufacture of paper and paper products

22

Manufacture of rubber and plastic products

53

Manufacture of textiles

35

Manufacture of tobacco products

6

Manufacture of wearing apparel

33

Manufacture of wood/cork/straw/plaiting (not furniture)

5

Manufacturing

978

Mining and Quarrying

48

Mining of coal and lignite

1

Mining of metal ores

14

Mining support service activities

22

Movies, video. & TV prog, sound recording & music publishing activities

78

Office administrative, office support and other business support activities

216

Other manufacturing

251

Other mining and quarrying

11

Other personal service activities

305

Other professional, scientific and technical activities

795

Other Service Activities

2,296

Postal and courier activities

14

Printing and reproduction of recorded media

23

Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities

1,440

Programming and broadcasting activities

40

Public Admin and defence; compulsory social security

34

Public administration and defence; compulsory social security

115

Public Administration and Defence

1

Publishing activities

149

Real Estate Activities

275

Remediation activities and other waste management services

9

Rental and leasing activities

25

Repair and installation of machinery and equipment

49

Repair of computers and personal and household goods

11

Residential care activities

554

Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles

420

Scientific research and development

187

Security and investigation activities

30

Services to buildings and landscape activities

39

Social work activities without accommodation

182

Specialised construction activities

48

Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities

464

Telecommunications

206

Transportation and Storage

150

Travel agency, tour operator, reservation service & related activities

150

Undifferentiated goods/services, activities of private households (own use)

8

Veterinary activities

63

Warehousing and support activities for transportation

60

Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery

21

Water collection, treatment and supply

12

Water Supply, Sewerage and Waste Management

1

Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities

30

Water transport

63

Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

47

Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

495

Wholesale and Retail Trade; Vehicle Repairs

3

Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles

316

Total

27,047

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