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date	28/08/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Health Professions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to extend the health and care visa to include all jobs requiring a HCPC registered physiotherapist.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	82368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p><em>The published Tier 2 policy guidance sets out who is eligible for the Health and Care Visa. This includes any person in an eligible occupation, who is employed or engaged by or registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.</em></p><p><em>The Tier 2 policy guidance can be found at: </em>: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-application-for-uk-visa-as-tier-2-worker" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-application-for-uk-visa-as-tier-2-worker</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/09/2020 12:13:13 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1228792

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Health Professions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to extend the health and care visa to include roles in disability charities and hospices that are not direct NHS sub-contractors.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	82369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p><em>The eligibility criteria for the Health and Care Visa are set out in the published Tier 2 policy guidance. This guidance can be found at: </em><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fpoints-based-system-tier-2&amp;data=02%7C01%7CMatthew.Dine3%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cf0adf811b047421c052a08d84e72426e%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637345599932505594&amp;sdata=G%2FU57s2s1Y5PZf3JPAy0v6Q91r9aJg6liM2dcZV8aaY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/points-based-system-tier-2</a>.</p><p><em>A number of health occupations, for example nurses, are eligible for the visa by virtue of being registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. This means they will be eligible to apply, even if the organisation is not a direct NHS sub-contractor. </em></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/09/2020 12:20:38 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones