ENTRY CLEARANCES
Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visas for applicants for exceptional talent were issued in each of the last two years. [127787]
Mr Harper, Minister of State (Immigration): The new tier 1 (Exceptional talent) category opened on 9 August 2011.
The information requested is given in the following table:
Table be.04.q: Entry clearance visas issued by category: Tier 1 —Exceptional Talent
| 2011 | 2012 | |||||
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q1 | Q2 | |
| Main applicant | n/a | n/a | 1 | 6 | 14 | 11 |
| Dependant | n/a | n/a | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Source: Table be.04.q, Immigration Statistics April—June 2012, Home Office