The average amount of work days taken to process an employment permit application, in each month from the years to 2009 and to date in 2019, is set out in the following table as requested by the Deputy.
Statistics setting out Average Number of Business Days to Process Applications from January 2009 to Aug 2019
Year
|
2009
|
2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
2015
|
2016
|
2017
|
2018
|
2019
|
Jan
|
29
|
34
|
50
|
46
|
35
|
26
|
23
|
34
|
25
|
25
|
43
|
Feb
|
24
|
67
|
57
|
37
|
30
|
19
|
27
|
39
|
40
|
28
|
43
|
Mar
|
28
|
64
|
60
|
41
|
27
|
17
|
28
|
35
|
28
|
28
|
38
|
Apr
|
34
|
60
|
63
|
38
|
25
|
17
|
25
|
29
|
32
|
29
|
35
|
May
|
38
|
63
|
59
|
36
|
23
|
18
|
20
|
23
|
26
|
29
|
31
|
Jun
|
42
|
77
|
44
|
44
|
22
|
20
|
22
|
24
|
22
|
28
|
24
|
Jul
|
53
|
43
|
48
|
39
|
21
|
18
|
18
|
21
|
26
|
38
|
33
|
Aug
|
63
|
41
|
42
|
35
|
29
|
16
|
31
|
26
|
29
|
51
|
35
|
Sep
|
71
|
42
|
40
|
35
|
34
|
14
|
39
|
15
|
25
|
46
|
31
|
Oct
|
70
|
33
|
39
|
36
|
26
|
24
|
29
|
22
|
24
|
47
|
|
Nov
|
194
|
243
|
43
|
34
|
33
|
25
|
22
|
26
|
24
|
49
|
|
Dec
|
58
|
45
|
41
|
31
|
27
|
21
|
21
|
29
|
22
|
38
|
|