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Visas: Skilled Workers

Asked by Dr Scott ArthurLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 21 May 2025UIN 52098

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people on the Skilled Worker visa have had their employment extended beyond their 26th birthday with pay meeting the standard salary threshold for the most recent year for which data is available.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

The information requested is not available from published statistics and the relevant data could only be collated and verified from multiple systems owned by multiple teams across the Home Office for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

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