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date	20/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Physiotherapy
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 provide a breakdown by nation of origin of the number of physiotherapists granted visas in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Liz Twist
uin	195554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>Data for workers and temporary worker visas by occupation can be found at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fimmigration-system-statistics-year-ending-march-2023%2Flist-of-tables%23sponsored-work-visas-by-occupation-and-industry&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldWorkRoutes.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C38b90d39cace4581731208db89c734a0%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638255260885935605%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=x8m4KLv3MOgHVlqNP5dVoe6beBcy0P%2FzT8fEvlMS33Y%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">published occupation data </a></p><p> </p><p>The Home Office does not routinely publish data that breaks this down by nationality or nation of origin.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 07/09/2023 09:56:25 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4618 label Biography information for Liz Twist

1276236

registered interest
date	13/01/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Physiotherapy
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 an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the minimum salary requirement for settlement in the UK for physiotherapists in response to (a) high vacancy rates in NHS physiotherapy services and (b) the time being taken for the Government to take a decision on the Migration Advisory Committee recommendation to add physiotherapists to the Shortage Occupation List.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	137330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>Under the new Skilled Worker route, we have already reduced the salary requirements physiotherapists need to meet to gain settlement from £35,800 to the national pay scale for their occupation. This applies whether or not they are included on the Shortage Occupation List.</p><p>Whilst we have considered carefully the possible impacts of the new immigration system, additional variables such as the impact of Covid-19 on the UK Labour Market require closer examination. To avoid taking a piecemeal approach to implementing the Migration Advisory Committee’s advice, we need to review the various influences on migration flows and the labour market, including introduction of a new immigration system, and whether this is in line with our anticipated outcomes, before considering which changes are required to the Shortage Occupation List.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/01/2021 15:07:37 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1184178

registered interest
date	10/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Physiotherapy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the points-based immigration system enables registered physiotherapists to be eligible for an NHS visa.
tabling member printed	Baroness Masham of Ilton
uin	HL2445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>Physiotherapists are already eligible to come to the UK under Tier 2, the UK’s main route for skilled migrants. These roles will continue to be eligible under the UK’s Points-Based Immigration System.</p><p>The Government has also accepted the Migration Advisory Committee’s recommendation in their report on “A Points-based System and Salary Thresholds for Immigration” on occupations which should be subject to formal pay scales. This means physiotherapists will need to be paid in line the ‘Agenda for Change’ pay scales.</p><p>The Government’s manifesto set out plans for improving the visa system for doctors, nurses and allied health professionals, including physiotherapists. Further details will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/03/2020 16:57:12 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton

1134830

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Physiotherapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to change the minimum earnings limit for physiotherapists renewing a work visa to increase the number of physiotherapists working in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	269751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government values the important work that physiotherapists do for the NHS. The current Tier 2 system, through which physiotherapists can be recruited, ensures that experienced workers are paid the higher of either a minimum of £30,000 or the ‘going rate’ for this occupation, the latter of which is based on data provided by the Office for National Statistics. This system is designed to ensure that migrants are paid a fair wage and that the resident workforce is not undercut.</p><p><br>However, we have been clear that decisions on the future immigration system should be based on clear evidence. That is why, on 24 June 2019, the Government asked the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to consider the issue of minimum salary thresholds in more detail. As part of this new commission, we have asked the MAC to look at a number of issues including the approach to calculating salary thresholds, the levels at which they should be set, the case for greater regional variation and the impact of exemptions from minimum salary thresholds. This report is due by January 2020.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 02/07/2019 13:29:38 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones