Dear Sir or Madam,

I would be grateful if you could advise me of statistics
illustrating the number of Australians - professional and
unskilled, currently working in the UK social care industry as well
as the regions in which they are based.

Yours faithfully,

Jen MacLaren

Dear Jen MacLaren

Thank you for your recent e-mail.

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and we will respond shortly.

Kind Regards

UKBA

FOI Team

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Dear Ms MacLaren,

Thank you for your email of 21 October 2008 in which you have requested
statistical information on the number of Australians currently working
in the UK social care industry by region. This falls to be dealt with
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Section 1(3) of the Freedom of Information Act provides that a public
authority need not comply with a request for information unless any
further information reasonably required to identify and locate the
information is supplied. I am unclear about the exact scope of the
information in which you are interested. To ensure that we provide you
with the right information, please could you clarify your request, so
that we can process your request.

We do not unfortunately hold information on the number of Australians
currently working in the UK in the 'social care' industry.

The information we do hold is statistical information on the number of
approved work permits issued to Australian nationals working in the UK
by region. However, this does not provide you with information on
approved work permits in the 'social care' industry.

Please see the attached tables providing examples of the categories we
hold by industry sector and by occupation including those categories
that may fall under 'social care'.

<<Industry Codes.xls>> <<Occupation Codes.xls>>
Should you wish to receive statistical information on the number of
approved work permits issued to Australian nationals working in the UK
by region, with a further breakdown by either industry sector or by
occupation, you will need to re-submit your request for information
stating which sector or occupation you are interested in and will also
need to clarify the time period your require.

When you provide this information we will aim to send you a full
response to your request within twenty working days of its receipt. I
look forward to hearing from you shortly. However, please note that if I
do not receive appropriate clarification of your request within three
months from the date of this correspondence, I will consider this
request to be closed.

I hope this is of help.

Kind Regards

Freedom of Information Team
North East, Yorkshire and the Humber Region
UK Border Agency
PO Box 3468
Sheffield S3 8WA

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Dear Workpermits, Freedom of Information,

Thank you for your reply. I would be grateful if you could look
further into my request to find the statistical number of approved
work permits issued to Australian Nationals working in all regions
of the UK in the Health and Medical services (1010) as Social
workers (numbered as both 01051 & 01020) over the time period since
2000

Yours sincerely,

Jen MacLaren

Dear Jen,

Thank you for your email of 11 November 2008 in which you have clarified
your request for information. Your request will be dealt with under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 and we will endeavour to respond within
20 working days.

Kind Regards

Freedom of Information Team
North East, Yorkshire and the Humber Region
UK Border Agency
PO Box 3468
Sheffield S3 8WA

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<<929 Response.doc>>

Dear Ms McLaren,

Please see the attached response in reply to your request for
information.

Kind Regards

Freedom of Information Team
North East, Yorkshire and the Humber Region
UK Border Agency
PO Box 3468
Sheffield S3 8WA

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Dear Workpermits, Freedom of Information, Thank you for your reply.
Unfortunately the excel attachment within your response did not
open. Could you please send it again with an attachment that does?

Yours sincerely,

Jen MacLaren

Dear Jen,

Please see the attached response in answer to your request for
information.

Kind Regards

Freedom of Information Team
North East, Yorkshire and the Humber Region
UK Border Agency
PO Box 3468
Sheffield S3 8WA

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Dear Workpermits, Freedom of Information,

I have been unable to open the excel document attached. Could you
please resend it? Thank you very much.

Yours sincerely,

Jen MacLaren

Dear Jen,

Please see the attached response.

Kind Regards

Freedom of Information Team
North East, Yorkshire and the Humber Region
UK Border Agency
PO Box 3468
Sheffield S3 8WA

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Dear Workpermits, Freedom of Information,

thank you so much for this information. I am very grateful - as the
stats suggest the small number of individuals recognised as cleared
and approved as social workers is no doubt indicative of the major
problem I have had trying to track them down myself over the last 2
months.

Yours sincerely,

Jen MacLaren