Research: Visas
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of international researchers recruited through the Global Talent visa on productivity.
Answered by Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
The Home Office monitors a range of information relating to the performance of the Global Talent route, including researchers, through administrative data, official statistics and route evaluations.
Information on Global Talent visa grants and extensions of Global Talent visas is published on the Immigration System Statistics website (located here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables).
The Global Talent visa evaluation: Wave 2 report (published here: Global Talent visa evaluation: Wave 2 report - GOV.UK) further provides an understanding of the activities and future intentions of Global Talent visa holders, including on professional contributions made in the UK.
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