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1124916

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date	07/05/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the salary exemption for nurses under Tier 2 visas will (a) be maintained and (b) extended to EEA citizens after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	251319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>We have been clear that we want all EU nationals, including those working in the NHS and the care sector, to stay in the UK after we leave the EU.</p><p><br>In December 2018, the Government set out its proposals in “The UK’s future Skills-based Immigration System” White Paper. The White Paper proposals include a new route for skilled workers which will be open to anyone at RQF level 3 and above, irrespective of where they are applying from. This route will not be capped allowing all of those who meet our requirements to come to the UK and we intend to abolish the existing Resident Labour Market Test for highly skilled roles.</p><p><br>The White Paper also includes, as a transitional measure, a temporary workers route which will be open to anyone from qualifying countries, wishing to fill positions at any skill level, for up to 12 months. We do not intend to impose a cap on the number of people wishing to use the route.</p><p><br>In their report on the impact of EEA migration in the UK, the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) recommended maintaining the existing system of salary thresholds.</p><p>The Government is undertaking an extensive programme of engagement with a wide range of stakeholders across the UK, over the course of this year, including with the private, public and voluntary sector and local government, as well as industry representatives and individual businesses before taking a final decision on the level of salary thresholds.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 251318 251320 question first answered 15/05/2019 09:36:47 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1104902

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the salary exemption for nurses under Tier 2 visas will be extended to EEA citizens.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	236257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>We have been clear that we want all EU nationals, including those working in the NHS and the care sector, to stay in the UK after we leave the EU.</p><p>In their report, EEA migration in the UK, the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) recommended maintaining the existing system of salary thresholds.</p><p>The Government has been clear that we will undertake an extensive programme of engagement with a wide range of stakeholders across the UK, including with the private, public and voluntary sector and local government, as well as industry representatives and individual businesses before taking a final decision on the level of salary thresholds.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 28/03/2019 17:22:22 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1104993

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department plans to extend the the salary exemption for international nurses under the Tier 2 visa process to citizens of the EEA in the event of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	236576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>We have been clear that we want all EU nationals, including those working in the NHS and the care sector, to stay in the UK after we leave the EU.</p><p>In their report, EEA migration in the UK, the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) recommended maintaining the existing system of salary thresholds.</p><p>The Government has been clear that we will undertake an extensive programme of engagement with a wide range of stakeholders across the UK, including with the private, public and voluntary sector and local government, as well as industry representatives and individual businesses before taking a final decision on the level of salary thresholds.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 02/04/2019 15:48:04 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1093491

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Visas: Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans that the salary exemption for nurses under Tier 2 visas announced on 7 March 2019 will (a) be maintained after the UK leaves the EU and (b) extended to EEA citizens.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	235782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Immigration White Paper ‘The UK’s future skills-based immigration system’, published in December 2018, where it is workers’ skills that matter, not where they come from. Following the publication of the White Paper the Home Office is now engaging with businesses and other employers to discuss the measures proposed, including at what level any minimum salary threshold should be set.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 28/03/2019 16:24:18 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan