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1716392

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Care 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 had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the advice given to immigrants by care worker agencies on finding suitable accommodation in the UK.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	25144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care have published guidance for people applying for health and social care jobs which can be found below: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fapplying-for-health-and-social-care-jobs-in-the-uk-from-abroad&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMatthew.Dine3%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C539df15c8fda4d01343108dc7117e7e6%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638509594687550158%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=2XmUjPezYly4IHuN7OtP1fKM4XHRFAXluFFJ4fO9UEI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/applying-for-health-and-social-care-jobs-in-the-uk-from-abroad</a><em>.</em></p><p>The Legal Migration and Borders Minister has met regularly with his counterpart in DHSC to discuss care worker visas.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 17/05/2024 13:10:59 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1699011

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Care 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 adequacy of the time taken for care providers to receive Certificates of Sponsorship for (a) overseas and (b) senior care workers.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	20561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Defined Certificate of Sponsorship process for carers and senior carers from overseas is the same and frequently requires an assessment to establish whether or not the sponsor is able to offer a genuine vacancy. This usually requires the sponsor to submit additional documentation, while the timeframes involved are adequate for the purposes of preventing the exploitation of proposed migrant workers.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 15/04/2024 08:54:59 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1650282

registered interest
date	05/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Care Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle (a) the charging of illegal fees in the recruitment process and (b) exploitative working conditions for care workers recruited from overseas.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
uin	192481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office’s sponsor licence system places clear and binding requirements and obligations on employers looking to recruit and manage overseas employees. Should an employer be found to be in breach of these requirements we will take action and can remove their ability to recruit from overseas.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care has published guidance on applying for jobs from abroad as part of wider efforts to address concerns about exploitative recruitment and employment practices. It aims to help prospective overseas candidates make informed decisions when seeking health or social care jobs in the UK and includes information on how to avoid exploitation and where to report concerns and/or access wider support or help in the UK. The guidance can be found here (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/applying-for-health-and-social-care-jobs-in-the-uk-from-abroad/applying-for-health-and-social-care-jobs-in-the-uk-from-abroad%22%20HYPERLINK%20%22https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/applying-for-health-and-social-care-jobs-in-the-uk-from-abroad/applying-for-health-and-social-care-jobs-in-the-uk-from-abroad" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/applying-for-health-and-social-care-jobs-in-the-uk-from-abroad/applying-for-health-and-social-care-jobs-in-the-uk-from-abroad</a></p><p> </p><p>The recently updated Code of Practice for the International Recruitment of Health and Social Care Personnel also sets stronger ethical standards which providers and recruiters should ensure they meet when recruiting internationally. The Code of Practice can be found here (<a href="https://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%22%20HYPERLINK%20%22https:/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> </p><p>Providers should only engage with agencies and other recruiting organisations that are on the Code of Practice Ethical Recruiters List organisations on this list have committed to adhering to the Code of Practice. The list can be found here ((<a href="https://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/ethical-recruiters-list" target="_blank">www.nhsemployers.org/articles/ethical-recruiters-list</a>)</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 12/07/2023 08:09:38 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd

1520790

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Care 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 (a) reports of exploitation in the care sector were received and (b) how many inspections were conducted on (i) care homes and (ii) businesses by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority in each year since 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	61418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The overall regulation of care homes is administered by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rather than the Gangmaster Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA). The CQC monitors, inspects, and independently regulates services of health and adult social care in England. The standard CQC Whistleblowing Policy applies to exploited care workers raising concerns. The GLAA undertakes inspections of businesses in their licenced sectors, which does not currently include care homes.</p><p>The Government does not hold a breakdown of data by labour market sector for the time periods requested. However, the GLAA has conducted visits to care homes as part of enforcement activity.</p><p>Labour market enforcement bodies set up Operation TOPAZ in May. This is a multi-agency enforcement operation to investigate a range of allegations about the adult care sector. The operation is in its initial stages and the allegations range from labour market offences, such as charging for work finding fees, potential non-payment of National Minimum Wage, to wider issues such as illegal working and student visa abuse. The GLAA lead work on the higher level of exploitative abuses, such as potential debt bondage and modern slavery.</p><p>We are developing a robust evidence base that will underpin our strategy to manage risks across the adult care sector.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 17/10/2022 12:53:48 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1520791

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Care Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Care Quality Commission shares information on the (a) personal data and (b) immigration status of workers with Immigration Enforcement following inspections of (i) care homes and (ii) providers.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	61419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>Following the inspection of care homes and/or providers, the Care Quality Commission may make a referral to Immigration Enforcement via the ‘Report Immigration Crime’ tool on gov.uk. This referral may include personal data which could relate to immigration offenders.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 17/10/2022 17:07:51 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove previous answer version 23186 answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1487810

registered interest
date	11/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Care Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority on the (a) prevalence and (b) implications for her policies of the exploitation of workers recruited to the care sector from overseas.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	33970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government takes reports of illegal and unsafe employment practices, including in the social care sector, incredibly seriously. The Government works closely with enforcement bodies, including the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA). Any information regarding allegations of Modern Slavery practices should be referred to the GLAA. In addition, the Government is guided by the Director of Labour Market Enforcement strategy, which includes an assessment of the scale and nature of non-compliance across all sectors, which enables the enforcement bodies to target their activity in areas of greatest concern.</p><p> </p><p>Employers in the health and care sector are expected to adhere to the Department for Health and Social Care’s code of practice in their recruitment and support of overseas employees. This is in the process of being updated and will include stronger guidance on ensuring fairness in recruitment practices and setting out clear routes of escalation for anyone with concerns about exploitative recruitment or employment practices to ensure they can be fully investigated by the appropriate organisation.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office’s sponsor licence system also places clear and binding requirements and obligations on employers looking to recruit and manage overseas employees. Should an employer be found to be in breach of these requirements we will take action and can remove their ability to recruit from overseas.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 32959 question first answered 18/07/2022 09:56:56 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1364524

registered interest
date	28/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Care Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for granting fast-track visas for carers in order to relieve the shortage of workers caring for disabled people in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Masham of Ilton
uin	HL3534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2021 answer text <p>The introduction of the Health and Care visa in August 2020 made it quicker and cheaper for regulated health and care professionals – including Senior Care Workers - and their dependents to secure their visa.</p><p>In July, we commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to review the impact of ending free movement on the adult social care sector. The MAC have issued a call for evidence with stakeholders and we look forward to receiving their report in April 2022.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 11/11/2021 13:35:45 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1850 label Biography information for Baroness Masham of Ilton

1363487

registered interest
date	26/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Care Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she is having with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on staff shortages in the social care sector; and what steps she is taking to ease visa requirements for people applying to work in the social care sector.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	63797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2021 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers and officials discuss a broad range of issues with a variety of stakeholders including other Government departments.</p><p>Senior care workers were added to the Shortage Occupation List (SOL) in April 2021, joining other key health and care occupations such as nurses, occupational therapists and social workers. The SOL enables skilled workers to come to the UK for a lower salary and provides for cheaper visa fees.</p><p>The introduction of the Health and Care visa in August 2020 made it quicker and cheaper for regulated health and care professionals – including Senior Care Workers - and their dependents to secure their visa.</p><p>In July, I commissioned the MAC to review the impact of ending free movement on the social care sector. The MAC have issued a call for evidence with stakeholders and we look forward to receiving their report in April 2022.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 29/10/2021 11:19:08 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1362985

registered interest
date	25/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Care 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 merits of adding entry level social care staff to the shortage occupation list.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	62710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>Senior care workers were added to the Shortage Occupation List (SOL) in April 2021, joining other key health and care occupations such as nurses, occupational therapists and social workers. Yet we do not believe it would be appropriate to create an immigration route which gives social care employers an opportunity to recruit at or near the minimum wage, with no work based training requirements, as an alternative to offering the type of rewarding packages which will attract UK based workers.</p><p>In July, I commissioned the MAC to review the impact of ending free movement on the social care sector. The MAC have issued a call for evidence with stakeholders and we look forward to receiving their report in April 2022.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/10/2021 15:24:17 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1363265

registered interest
date	25/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Care Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to create new flexible immigration routes in order to allow more people to work in the social care sector helping people wth disabilities.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2021 answer text <p>The introduction of the Health and Care visa in August 2020 has made it quicker and cheaper for regulated health and care professionals, including Senior Care Workers, and their dependants to secure their visa.</p><p>In July, the Government commissioned the MAC to review the impact of ending free movement on the social care sector. The MAC have issued a call for evidence with stakeholders and we look forward to receiving their report in April 2022.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 10/11/2021 15:01:38 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick