{"value":{"id":91061,"askingMemberId":4058,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2014-09-08T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2014-09-10T00:00:00","uin":"208458","questionText":"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.","answeringBodyId":1,"answeringBodyName":"Home Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":1530,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2014-09-19T00:00:00","answerText":"<p /> <p>The information requested is set out in the table below.</p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Industry sector</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Sponsors</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Accommodation</p></td><td><p>199</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Accommodation and Food Service Activities</p></td><td><p>656</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities</p></td><td><p>202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Activities of households as employers; production activities of household for own use</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Activities of membership organisations</p></td><td><p>286</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Administrative and Support Activities</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Administrative and Support Service Activities</p></td><td><p>227</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Advertising and market research</p></td><td><p>290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Air transport</p></td><td><p>107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arts, Entertainment and Recreation</p></td><td><p>513</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Civil engineering</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Computer programming, consultancy and related activities</p></td><td><p>1,052</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Construction</p></td><td><p>313</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Construction of buildings</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Creative, arts and entertainment activities</p></td><td><p>352</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Education</p></td><td><p>2,173</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Employment activities</p></td><td><p>166</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial and Insurance Activities</p></td><td><p>922</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding</p></td><td><p>972</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fishing and aquaculture</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Food and beverage service activities</p></td><td><p>1,389</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forestry and logging</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gambling and betting activities</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human health activities</p></td><td><p>959</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Health and Social Work Activities</p></td><td><p>803</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Information and Communication</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Information and Communications</p></td><td><p>1,805</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Information service activities</p></td><td><p>298</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Insurance, reinsurance, pension funding exc compulsory social security</p></td><td><p>158</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Land transport and transport via pipelines</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Legal and accounting activities</p></td><td><p>380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacture of basic metals</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and preparations</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacture of beverages</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacture of electrical equipment</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacture of food products</p></td><td><p>138</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacture of furniture</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacture of leather and related products</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacture of other transport equipment</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacture of paper and paper products</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacture of rubber and plastic products</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacture of textiles</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacture of tobacco products</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacture of wearing apparel</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacture of wood/cork/straw/plaiting (not furniture)</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manufacturing</p></td><td><p>978</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mining and Quarrying</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mining of coal and lignite</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mining of metal ores</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mining support service activities</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Movies, video. &amp; TV prog, sound recording &amp; music publishing activities</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office administrative, office support and other business support activities</p></td><td><p>216</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other manufacturing</p></td><td><p>251</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other mining and quarrying</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other personal service activities</p></td><td><p>305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other professional, scientific and technical activities</p></td><td><p>795</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Service Activities</p></td><td><p>2,296</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Postal and courier activities</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Printing and reproduction of recorded media</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities</p></td><td><p>1,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Programming and broadcasting activities</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Admin and defence; compulsory social security</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public administration and defence; compulsory social security</p></td><td><p>115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Administration and Defence</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Publishing activities</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Real Estate Activities</p></td><td><p>275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Remediation activities and other waste management services</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rental and leasing activities</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Repair and installation of machinery and equipment</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Repair of computers and personal and household goods</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Residential care activities</p></td><td><p>554</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles</p></td><td><p>420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scientific research and development</p></td><td><p>187</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Security and investigation activities</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Services to buildings and landscape activities</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social work activities without accommodation</p></td><td><p>182</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Specialised construction activities</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities</p></td><td><p>464</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telecommunications</p></td><td><p>206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transportation and Storage</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Travel agency, tour operator, reservation service &amp; related activities</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Undifferentiated goods/services, activities of private households (own use)</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Veterinary activities</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warehousing and support activities for transportation</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Water collection, treatment and supply</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Water Supply, Sewerage and Waste Management</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Water transport</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles</p></td><td><p>495</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wholesale and Retail Trade; Vehicle Repairs</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles</p></td><td><p>316</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27,047</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Immigration Controls","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/91061","method":"GET"}]}