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Right-to-work vetting in licence applications
Updated 12 September 2025
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| 1. Licence applications and RTW vetting | |||||||
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| Door supervision licence applications only | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
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| Not set | Total DS Applications | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Grand Total |
| Not set | British | 73,562 | 71,662 | 59,729 | 61,607 | 66,878 | 333,438 |
| Not set | non-British | 40,354 | 52,465 | 58,309 | 79,783 | 92,645 | 323,556 |
| Not set | Grand Total | 113,916 | 124,127 | 118,038 | 141,390 | 159,523 | 656,994 |
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| b. The number of applications rejected due to the applicant lacking a legal right to work in the UK, broken down by year and nationality (where recorded). | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
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| All applications, irrespective of sector | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
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| Not set | Total Refused Applicantions on RTW by Nationality and Year | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| Not set | Nationality | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Grand Total |
| Not set | Pakistani | <10 | 37 | 43 | 179 | 228 | 494 |
| Not set | Nigerian | <10 | 22 | 23 | 130 | 252 | 430 |
| Not set | Indian | <10 | 12 | 19 | 152 | 140 | 325 |
| Not set | Ghanaian | Not set | <10 | <10 | 28 | 82 | 120 |
| Not set | Bangladeshi | <10 | <10 | <10 | 36 | 16 | 73 |
| Not set | Kenyan | <10 | Not set | <10 | <10 | <10 | 17 |
| Not set | Albanian | Not set | <10 | <10 | 10 | <10 | 16 |
| Not set | Somali | Not set | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | 15 |
| Not set | Romanian | Not set | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | 11 |
| Not set | Cameroonian | Not set | <10 | Not set | <10 | <10 | 11 |
| Not set | Algerian | Not set | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | 11 |
| Not set | Iraqi | Not set | <10 | Not set | 10 | Not set | 11 |
| Not set | French | Not set | Not set | <10 | <10 | <10 | 10 |
| Not set | Gambian | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | 10 |
| Not set | Spanish | Not set | Not set | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Nepalese | Not set | <10 | Not set | <10 | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Egyptian | Not set | Not set | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Zimbabwean | Not set | Not set | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Afgan | <10 | <10 | Not set | <10 | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Polish | Not set | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Nigerien | Not set | Not set | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Jamaican | <10 | <10 | Not set | Not set | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Iranian | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Sierra Leonean | Not set | Not set | <10 | Not set | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Sri Lankan | Not set | Not set | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Dutch | Not set | <10 | <10 | Not set | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Turkish | <10 | Not set | Not set | <10 | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Sudanese | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Swedish | Not set | Not set | <10 | Not set | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Fijian | Not set | <10 | <10 | Not set | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | American | <10 | Not set | Not set | <10 | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Portuguese | Not set | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Italian | Not set | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Zambian | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Ugandan | Not set | Not set | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Other | Not set | <10 | <10 | Not set | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Ethiopian | Not set | Not set | <10 | <10 | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Moroccan | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Kuwaiti | Not set | <10 | Not set | <10 | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | German | Not set | Not set | <10 | <10 | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Libyan | Not set | <10 | <10 | <10 | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Norwegian | Not set | <10 | <10 | Not set | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Georgian | Not set | Not set | <10 | Not set | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Ivorian | Not set | <10 | <10 | Not set | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Finnish | Not set | Not set | <10 | Not set | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Syrian | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Yemeni | Not set | <10 | Not set | <10 | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | None | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Palestinian | Not set | <10 | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Brazilian | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Vincentian | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Chadian | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Belgian | Not set | Not set | <10 | <10 | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Latvian | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Canadian | Not set | Not set | <10 | Not set | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Mauritian | Not set | <10 | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Uzbekistani | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Tunisian | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Grenadian | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Bosnian | Not set | <10 | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Papua New Guinean | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Burmese | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Chinese | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Turkmen | <10 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Hungarian | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Belarusian | Not set | Not set | <10 | Not set | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Cypriot | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Eritrean | Not set | <10 | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Rwandan | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Beninese | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Saint Lucian | Not set | Not set | <10 | Not set | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Trinidian | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Samoan | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Anguillian | Not set | <10 | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Belisean | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Australian | Not set | <10 | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Slovakian | Not set | Not set | <10 | Not set | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Filipino | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Dominican | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Bolivian | Not set | <10 | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | South Sudanese | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 | Not set | <10 |
| Not set | Liberian | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Jordanian | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | <10 | <10 |
| Not set | Grand Total | 28 | 124 | 166 | 636 | 823 | 1,777 |