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date	06/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Skilled Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his oral contribution of 4 December 2023, Official Report, column 41, on what evidential basis his Department decided to set a minimum salary threshold for skilled worker visas at £38,700; whether his Department held discussions with (a) the Migration Advisory Committee and (b) relevant stakeholders before changing the minimum salary threshold for skilled worker visas; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of setting a lower threshold.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	5543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government engages regularly with the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) and business sectors through a number of advisory groups when developing its policies. The Government will be engaging with the MAC and business on aspects of the package in due course. Careful analysis has been undertaken to support decision making in this process and a Regulatory Impact Assessment will be developed in due course.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 11/12/2023 17:04:31 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1675898

registered interest
date	06/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his oral contribution of 4 December 2023, Official Report, column 41, if he will make it his policy to apply the existing minimum income requirement of £18,600 for family visas to people already in the UK on a family visa and who seek further or indefinite leave to remain.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	5544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>The revised minimum income requirement will be implemented in spring 2024.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will set out any transitional provisions associated with the increase in the minimum income requirement in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Any applications already submitted will be considered in line with the existing policy.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 5540 question first answered 12/12/2023 17:06:32 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald