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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people on a (a) student visa and (b) graduate visa took jobs (i) in caring, leisure and other service occupations, (ii) as care workers and (iii) as senior care workers in the financial year (A) 2021-22 (B) 2022-23 and (C) 2023-24.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4679", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Neil O'Brien"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1696282", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1696282/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Home Office carries out robust security and eligibility checks and each Certificate of Sponsorship is assessed to ensure there is a licensed sponsor and that the roles are valid.<\/p><p>Technological advances have also improved the customer journey meaning that large numbers are no longer required to attend a physical enrolment centre, plus Health and Care visas provide a more generous service standard than the wider Skilled Worker route.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that the application process for visa renewals for care workers is efficient.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4638", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1696283", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1696283/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government engages regularly with business sectors, including through a number of its advisory groups, when developing its policies and we will continue to strike the balance between reducing overall net migration and ensuring that businesses have the skills they need.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the home care sector on the impact of changes to care worker visa policy.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1695006", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1695006/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government strongly condemns any allegations of such abuse.<\/p><p>Anyone who has witnessed or been the victim of criminal activity should, in the first instance, contact the police.<\/p><p>The UK\u2019s sponsorship system has a built-in compliance framework, which has strong safeguards to prevent sponsors from engaging in illegal employment practices.<\/p><p>Sponsors are required to comply with UK laws, including wider employment law (such as working hours and meeting minimum salary requirements). UKVI have powers to revoke a licence where any of the key personnel named on it are convicted of certain serious offences. UKVI regularly visits premises to check sponsor compliance with the duties and requirements set out in the sponsor guidance, and this is frequently done alongside the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority, whose specific remit is to protect vulnerable and exploited workers.<\/p><p>Employers in the health and care sector are also expected to adhere to the Department\u2019s Health and Social Care\u2019s Code of Practice for international recruitment. This sets out clear routes of escalation for anyone with concerns about exploitative recruitment or employment practices. It can be accessed here:<\/p><p><a href=\"http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/code-of-practice-for-the-international-recruitment-of-health-and-social-care-personnel/code-of-practice-for-the-international-recruitment-of-health-and-social-care-personnel-in-england\" target=\"_blank\">www.gov.uk/government/publications/code-of-practice-for-the-international-recruitment-of-health-and-social-care-personnel/code-of-practice-for-the-international-recruitment-of-health-and-social-care-personnel-in-england<\/a>.<\/p><p>Anyone who has witnessed or has been the victim of immigration abuse is strongly encouraged to report an immigration or border crime here: <a href=\"http://www.gov.uk/report-immigration-crime\" target=\"_blank\">www.gov.uk/report-immigration-crime<\/a>.<\/p><p>Or, to the Gangmasters &amp; Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) here: <a href=\"http://www.gla.gov.uk/report-issues/\" target=\"_blank\">www.gla.gov.uk/report-issues/<\/a>.<\/p>"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-03-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Visas: Care Workers"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the report by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism entitled Visa system forces care workers to stay silent on rape and abuse, published on 11 March 2024.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4651", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dan Carden"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Dan Carden"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1689437", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1689437/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Home Office does not record or publish data on this matter. However, care workers who are currently sponsored by non-CQC-registered providers will be able to continue working for those providers after the upcoming rules change.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4369", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tom Pursglove"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-02-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Visas: Care Workers"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of care workers on the health and care worker visa are employed by visa sponsors that (a) are and (b) are not registered with the Care Quality Commission as of 14 February 2024.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4393", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stuart C McDonald"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stuart C McDonald"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1688546", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1688546/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Home Office does not publish data that would cover these requests.<\/p><p>However, care workers who are currently sponsored by non-CQC-registered providers will be able to continue working for those providers after the upcoming rules change.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4369", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tom Pursglove"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-02-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many care workers on the Health and Social Care visa are employed by visa sponsors who are (a) registered with the Care Quality Commission and (b) not registered with the Care Quality Commission.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4864", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Olivia Blake"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1678946", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1678946/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Home Office is aware of allegations of the selling of Certificates of Sponsorship to care workers overseas. All allegations of abuse are investigated but no wider assessment of the prevalence of this activity has been undertaken.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made an assessment of the prevalence of certificates of sponsorship for care workers being sold overseas.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4641", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alex Norris"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Alex Norris"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1679016", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1679016/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>As the Prime Minister has made clear, current levels of migration to the UK are far too high. The long-term plan the Home Secretary has announced would mean around 300,000 of the people who came to the UK last year would not have been able to come.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Care workers were added in February 2022 as a temporary addition to address acute shortages in the social care sector. This has since seen a rapid increase in numbers of people arrive with over 80,000 visas issued to main applicants in the last year to this September alone, bringing a further estimated 100,000 dependants.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Government will reduce the numbers on the Health and Care visa route by removing the right for care workers and senior care workers to bring dependants from spring 2024.<\/p>"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his Oral Statement of 4 December 2023 on Legal Migration, Official Report, column 42, on what evidential basis his Department proposed preventing overseas care workers from bringing family dependants to the UK.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4856", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Farry"}
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      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North Down"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephen Farry"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1675922", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1675922/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The policy proposals do not directly discriminate against people on the basis of the protected characteristics. There may be some indirect impacts. We consider the measures to be proportionate means of achieving the legitimate aims of managing immigration, attracting high-skilled individuals, controlling our borders and protecting the UK taxpayer.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment of the potential impact of the ban on overseas care workers bringing their dependents to the UK on (a) women and (b) men.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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