@prefix rdf: . @prefix xsd: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix skos: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix api: . @prefix parl: . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "1" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Home Office" ; parl:hansardHeading "Migrant Workers: Scotland" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential effect on the number of people employed in Scotland who are from non-EU countries of the salary threshold increase for Tier 2 visa applications to £35,000." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Carshalton and Wallington" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Tom Brake" ; parl:uin "28456" ; dcterms:date "2016-02-25"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

Published information/data relating to the issuance of Certificates of Sponsorship can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2016-data-tables

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Scarborough and Whitby" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Mr Robert Goodwill" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2017-02-21"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2017-02-21T15:35:03.24Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Tom Brake" . parl:answerText "

Immigration is a reserved matter and the Government’s immigration policy applies to the whole of the United Kingdom. We consider the needs of the UK as a whole and are committed to developing an immigration system that serves the national interest.


We have set out our proposals for the future border and immigration system that would operate after 2021, in a White Paper published in December. As set out in the White Paper, we will provide for a single, global immigration system that will be based on skills rather than on where someone comes from – and is designed to attract international talent and work in the best interests of the UK economy as a whole.


Scotland’s particular circumstances and needs for skilled labour continue to be accounted for through the Scotland-specific Shortage Occupation List which allows immigration to address the gaps in Scotland’s labour market. The list broadly reflects the wider UK Shortage Occupation List, suggesting that Scotland’s skills needs are largely aligned with the rest of the UK.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Romsey and Southampton North" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Caroline Nokes" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2019-04-03"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2019-04-03T16:28:08.127Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Stuart C McDonald" . parl:answerText "

The Government announced in 2012 that from 6 April 2016 Tier 2 visa holders who apply for settlement in the UK will be required to meet a minimum annual salary requirement of £35,000. PhD level roles and those in recognised shortage will be exempt from the £35,000 threshold.

Data of the number of people employed in specific regions of the United Kingdom is not available. The Home Office holds individual records showing the working location of Tier 2 (General) migrants, but centralised records show the registered address of the Tier 2 Sponsor, which is normally that organisation’s Head Office.

The Home Office published a full impact assessment on the changes to Tier 2 settlement rules when they were laid before Parliament on 15 March 2012. This includes the impact on the top ten occupations and is available on the gov.uk website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/117957/impact-assessment-tier2.pdf

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Old Bexley and Sidcup" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "James Brokenshire" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2016-03-01"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:groupedQuestionUIN "28459" , "28463" , "28458" , "28462" , "28457" , "28461" , "28455" , "28454" , "28460" ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2016-03-01T16:45:52.037Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Stephen Kerr" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "1" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Home Office" ; parl:hansardHeading "Migrant Workers: Scotland" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "What recent assessment he has made of the effect on Scotland of required income levels for skilled migrants." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Stirling" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Stephen Kerr" ; parl:uin "911216" ; dcterms:date "2019-06-10"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

Our future immigration system is designed to drive up wages and productivity across the UK and allow us to bring in the most talented while responding to public concerns about immigration.

We have been very clear that no decision on the levels at which salary thresholds should be set will be taken until we have completed the UK-wide engagement process that is currently underway.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Bromsgrove" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Sajid Javid" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2019-06-10"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2019-06-10T15:56:21.023Z"^^xsd:dateTime . skos:prefLabel "House of Commons" . rdfs:label "Biography information for James Brokenshire" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "1" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Home Office" ; parl:hansardHeading "Migrant Workers: Scotland" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the 18 per cent reduction in the number of National Insurance registrations in Scotland by overseas workers between 2015 and 2018, what steps his Department is taking to encourage overseas workers to Scotland." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Lanark and Hamilton East" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Angela Crawley" ; parl:uin "237118" ; dcterms:date "2019-03-26"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Angela Crawley" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "1" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Home Office" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Home Office" ; parl:hansardHeading "Migrant Workers: Scotland" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) certificates of sponsorship and (b) extensions of stay were issued for people working for Scottish employers for Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 5 visas, by industry, in each year from 2011 to 2015." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Stuart C. McDonald" ; parl:uin "63159" ; dcterms:date "2017-02-06"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Caroline Nokes" . a api:ListEndpoint ; dcterms:hasPart ; api:definition . a api:Page ; "10"^^xsd:long ; "1"^^xsd:long ; "4"^^xsd:long ; dcterms:isPartOf ; api:definition ; api:extendedMetadataVersion ; api:items ( ) ; api:page "0"^^xsd:long ; .