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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS BY DEPUTY M.R. HIGGINS OF ST. HELIER
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 9th SEPTEMBER 2014
Question
Will the Minister advise Members of the number of work permits that have been issued in Jersey over the last three years and give further information regarding the nationality of each the people granted a permit, their profession or skills and the sector in which they will be working and the duration of the permit?
Answer
Work permits are issued in accordance with the Immigration (Work Permits) (Jersey) Rules 1995 and in accordance with the Work Permits Policy and Procedures issued by the Home Affairs Minister.
787 work permits were issued in the 3 years between 01/09/2011 and 30/08/2014 (this figure also includes those cases where an individual immigrant has been issued with more than 1 work permit within that period).
Of these 787 work permits:
- 309 were for skilled employment positions and were valid for between 1 month and 1 year :
- 326 were for skilled employment positions and were valid for between 1 and 3 years;
- 7 were for skilled employment positions and were valid for between 4 and 5 years.
- 145 were for un-skilled positions in the hotel and catering sector for returning workers and were valid for between 6 and 9 months.
The nationalities of the immigrants concerned are shown below, along with the number of work permits issued to each:
Albanian |
| 1 | Japanese |
| 4 |
Armenian |
| 2 | Kazakh |
| 1 |
Australian |
| 34 | Kenyan |
| 155 |
Bangladeshi |
| 8 | Kuwaiti |
| 1 |
Bahaman |
| 1 | Lebanese |
| 1 |
Brit Nat Overseas |
| 2 | St Lucian |
| 2 |
Brit Overseas Cit. |
| 1 | Cit. of Sri Lanka |
| 4 |
Brazilian |
| 2 | Moroccan |
| 1 |
Barbadian |
| 1 | Malian |
| 5 |
Cit. of Botswana |
| 1 | Mauritian |
| 20 |
Canadian |
| 24 | Malawian |
| 4 |
Chinese |
| 11 | Cit. of Malaysia |
| 11 |
Egyptian |
| 4 | Nigerian |
| 1 |
Hong Kong |
| 24 | New Zealander |
| 22 |
British citizen |
| 11 | Pakistani |
| 14 |
Georgian |
| 1 | Filipino(a) |
| 27 |
Ghanaian |
| 1 | Russian |
| 1 |
Guyanese |
| 1 | Singaporean | 3 | |
Croat |
| 2 | Tongan | 2 | |
Indian |
| 268 | US Cit. | 24 | |
Iranian |
| 1 | Kosovar | 1 | |
Israeli |
| 3 | South African | 57 | |
Jamaican |
| 1 | Zambian | 1 | |
Jordanian |
| 1 | Zimbabwean | 19 | |
The 787 work permits were issued in the following sectors:
Entertainment | 20 |
Finance | 324 |
Hotel & catering | 179 |
Information technology | 167 |
Law | 14 |
Medicine / Health | 32 |
Other (Lifeguards / sports coaches / etc) | 51 |
Most work permits are issued for periods between 6 months and 3 years; very exceptionally a work permit may be issued for a period of 5 years.
Data which cannot be readily retrieved:
In order to ascertain the duration and profession / skills related to individual work permits each of the 787 immigrant records involved would require separate examination in order to extrapolate the required information; such research cannot be undertaken in the available timescale.
Furthermore, the amount of time which would be required in order to fully answer the question is disproportionate to any public benefit in so doing.
If the questioner has concerns in relation to any specific category or categories of work permit then I would suggest that he re-present a more specific and targeted question.