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1724269

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
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, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the increase in the earnings threshold for overseas workers on the care sector.
tabling member constituency	Arbroath and Broughty Ferry
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	2355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Gentlemen to the Home Secretary’s written ministerial statement on 30 July 2024.</p> answering member constituency Feltham and Heston answering member printed Seema Malhotra grouped question UIN 2356 2357 question first answered 02/09/2024 14:57:41 answering member 4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

1724270

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
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, what assessment she has made of the impact of the increase in the earnings threshold for overseas workers on the higher education sector.
tabling member constituency	Arbroath and Broughty Ferry
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	2356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Gentlemen to the Home Secretary’s written ministerial statement on 30 July 2024.</p> answering member constituency Feltham and Heston answering member printed Seema Malhotra grouped question UIN 2355 2357 question first answered 02/09/2024 14:57:41 answering member 4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

1724271

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
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, what assessment she has made of the impact of the increase in the earnings threshold for overseas workers on the food and drink sector.
tabling member constituency	Arbroath and Broughty Ferry
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	2357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Gentlemen to the Home Secretary’s written ministerial statement on 30 July 2024.</p> answering member constituency Feltham and Heston answering member printed Seema Malhotra grouped question UIN 2355 2356 question first answered 02/09/2024 14:57:41 answering member 4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

1723005

registered interest
date	23/07/2024
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, if she will make it her policy to (a) reverse changes made to the eligibility criteria for the Skilled Worker visa announced on 4 December 2023 and (b) bring forward revised eligibility criteria for the minimum salary for that visa.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South and Mid Down
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	1389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2024 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the Written Ministerial Statement made by the Home Secretary on 30 July [<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2024-07-30/hcws51" target="_blank">Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament</a>].</p> answering member constituency Feltham and Heston answering member printed Seema Malhotra question first answered 31/07/2024 15:09:48 answering member 4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1722363

registered interest
date	22/07/2024
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what action they intend to take to increase the pipeline of skilled workers in the domestic workforce in occupations in the immigration salary list for the Skilled Worker visa.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2024 answer text <p>On 22 July, the Government announced plans to create Skills England and to develop a more joined up approach which looks at training of the domestic labour market alongside international recruitment. Further detail about how the Migration Advisory Committee will interact with Skills England, and training in the labour market will be set out in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Hanson of Flint grouped question UIN HL191 question first answered 05/08/2024 10:32:12 answering member 533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1722290

registered interest
date	19/07/2024
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, what her policy is on changes to the level of the baseline minimum salary for Skilled Worker visas.
tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
tabling member printed	Sorcha Eastwood
uin	845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p>The new Home Secretary will decide on the future of current Home Office policies in due course. Any changes will be announced to Parliament in the normal way.</p> answering member constituency Feltham and Heston answering member printed Seema Malhotra grouped question UIN 847 question first answered 29/07/2024 16:11:27 answering member 4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra
tabling member	5125

1721949

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
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 the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s report entitled An inspection of the immigration system as it relates to the social care sector, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Skilled Worker route for social care workers; and whether she has plans to (a) review and (b) reform the Skilled Worker visa.
tabling member constituency	South Norfolk
tabling member printed	Ben Goldsborough
uin	747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2024 answer text <p>The previous government accepted the recommendations of the ICIBI report and we will continue to take this work forward. The Home Office has undertaken activity since 2023 to address issues in the sector including commissioning the Migration Advisory Committee to undertake a review of the Immigration Salary List and requiring those sponsoring care workers in England to be registered with the Care Quality Commission.</p><p>The Government is committed to reducing historically high levels of legal migration and addressing the root causes. We recognise the need to cut reliance on international recruitment in sectors like social care.</p><p>We will introduce measures to upskill workers and improve working conditions in the UK, ensuring quicker responses to labour market challenges and reducing the need for international recruitment.</p><p>We will continue to work across government, and with the adult social care sector to develop an understanding of the sector to inform our policies and decision making in relation to cases from it.</p><p>There are regular engagement sessions between the Home Office and the sector whereby clear examples of good practice are shared alongside the trial of a support process where providers are able to seek a letter of support from the local Director of Adult Social Services confirming any requests are proportionate to the business model.</p> answering member constituency Feltham and Heston answering member printed Seema Malhotra question first answered 26/07/2024 13:55:05 answering member 4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra
tabling member	5205

1716199

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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, whether he has made an assessment of the potential cost to businesses of the reforms to skilled worker visas.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	25075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>As set out in the Explanatory Memorandum accompanying the Statement of Changes, laid on 14 March (HC 590), qualitative details on the impact of these changes on the welfare of the UK resident population, as well as quantitative impacts on business, charities, voluntary bodies and the public sector, have been considered.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 13/05/2024 16:24:30 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1712909

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
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, if he will make it his policy to exempt people who arrived in the UK before 1 January 2024 from the new earnings threshold for skilled worker visa applications.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	23046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government position was originally set out on 8 December 2023. Updated details are available here: <a href="https://homeofficemedia.blog.gov.uk/2024/02/01/reducing-net-migration-factsheet-december-2023/" target="_blank">homeofficemedia.blog.gov.uk/2024/02/01/reducing-net-migration-factsheet-december-2023/</a>.</p><p>Those already in the Skilled Worker route before the Immigration Rules changes are exempt from the new median salary levels when they change sponsor, extend, or settle. We would, however, expect their pay to progress at the same rate as resident workers; therefore, they will be subject to the updated 25<sup>th</sup> percentiles using the latest pay data when they next make an application to change employment, extend their stay, or settle. This is in line with normal practice.</p><p>Anyone switching into the Skilled Worker category after 4 April will be subject to the new salary requirement. This includes those in the UK switching from other immigration routes.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 30/04/2024 13:55:21 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1701910

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
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, how many and what proportion of the applications from Tier 1 (General) migrants which were refused under paragraph 322(5) that were subject to review have been decided following the completion of the Review of applications by Tier 1 (General) migrants refused under paragraph 322(5) of the Immigration Rules.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	22215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish statistics on legacy cases.</p><p>Currently, there is one outstanding case which will be concluded shortly.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 22216 question first answered 23/04/2024 14:13:40 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas