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Migrant Workers: Sponsorship

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 79847

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of employees in the average workforce of organisations listed on the register of licences sponsors (workers) are visa holders.

Answered by Mike Tapp

The Home Office does not hold any data on this matter. Obtaining the specific information requested would involve a breakdown of the workforce for each individual sponsor, which would require GDPR compliant agreements in place and only be obtained by disproportionate cost.

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