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Migrant Workers: Visas

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 5 January 2026UIN 907061

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the average workforce size of businesses that are eligible to sponsor worker visas.

Answered by Mike Tapp

Any UK business can apply for a sponsor licence, provided they comply with relevant requirements. Of the businesses listed on the register of licenced sponsors, the vast majority are Small and Medium-sized enterprises.

This Government will continue to reduce net migration, reduce our reliance on overseas recruitment and back British workers by investing in our resident workforce.

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