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Visas: Skilled Workers

Asked by Matt VickersConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 10 December 2025UIN 96414

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of the recent visa reforms on workforce shortages in key sectors.

Answered by Mike Tapp

The Government’s approach is to link migration policy and visa controls to skills and labour market policies, so that immigration is not used as an alternative to training or tackling workforce problems in the UK. This approach will be important to enabling delivery of the Government’s broader agenda.

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