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1701542

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date	16/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Large Goods Vehicle Drivers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of including HGV drivers as (a) an eligible occupation for a skilled worker visa and (b) on the immigration salary list.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	22088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The occupation of HGV driver does not meet the requirements of the Skilled Worker visa route.</p><p>The Government intend to commission the Migration Advisory Committee to undertake a full review of the Immigration Salary List. The Government will carefully consider their recommendations once received, should they make one regarding HGV drivers.</p><p>The Government regularly monitors labour market data to review the labour needed in different sectors, however there are no plans to extend the scope of the Seasonal Worker route.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 22089 question first answered 19/04/2024 09:15:12 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1701543

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Large Goods Vehicle Drivers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a seasonal visa scheme for qualified HGV drivers.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	22089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The occupation of HGV driver does not meet the requirements of the Skilled Worker visa route.</p><p>The Government intend to commission the Migration Advisory Committee to undertake a full review of the Immigration Salary List. The Government will carefully consider their recommendations once received, should they make one regarding HGV drivers.</p><p>The Government regularly monitors labour market data to review the labour needed in different sectors, however there are no plans to extend the scope of the Seasonal Worker route.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 22088 question first answered 19/04/2024 09:15:12 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts