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Skilled Workers: Visas

Asked by John McDonnellLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 28 October 2025UIN 83230

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of the changes to income thresholds in the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules, HC 997, published on 1 July 2025, on the number of people empl

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The Department currently sponsors 26 staff on skilled worker visas.  As and when each sponsorship ends, we consider individuals on a case-by-case basis under the UK’s sponsorship rules.

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