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Visas: Frontier Workers

Asked by Grahame MorrisLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 25 June 2025UIN 61502

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) staff headcount, (b) full-time equivalent number of staff and (c) departmental budget required to administer the Frontier Worker Visa scheme was in each year between 2021-22 and 2024-25.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

The department operates a flexible staffing model to ensure that available resources are deployed effectively according to demand. As such, staff engaged on the Frontier Worker Visa scheme are also engaged in the administration of other high-volume routes.

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