Blake Stephenson MP: written questions
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Migrant Workers: Ministers of ReligionHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79863More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the guidance entitled Register of licensed sponsors: workers, published on 26 September 2025, what estimate her Department has made of the number of organisations on the register who
Answer: The information requested is not available from published statistics and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: CharitiesHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have dependent visas associated with a holder of a charity worker visa.
Answer: In total, 3,971 Charity Worker visas have been issued from 2023 to the end of June 2025.Data on charity worker visas issued is published as part of the Immigration system statistics data tables regular releases on the Gov.uk website at: Immigration system...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: CharitiesHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79861More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have a charity worker visa.
Answer: In total, 3,971 Charity Worker visas have been issued from 2023 to the end of June 2025.Data on charity worker visas issued is published as part of the Immigration system statistics data tables regular releases on the Gov.uk website at: Immigration system...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: CharitiesHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial requirements there are to be granted a work visa related to charity work.
Answer: The financial requirements for the Charity Worker route are published in Appendix Temporary Work – Charity Worker of the Immigration Rules: Immigration Rules - Immigration Rules Appendix Temporary Work - Charity Worker - Guidance - GOV.UK.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: SponsorshipHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the guidance entitled Register of licensed sponsors: workers, published on 26 September 2025, how many organisations on the register are in receipt of public funding; and how many vi
Answer: Routine reviews of the register of licensed sponsors are undertaken to check that sponsors are still classified as active.It is normal practice to contact a sponsor if we have any concerns over any individuals they have sponsored or are seeking to sponsor...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: SponsorshipHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the guidance entitled Register of licensed sponsors: workers, published on 26 September 2025, how often her Department communicates with organisations on the register in relation to
Answer: Routine reviews of the register of licensed sponsors are undertaken to check that sponsors are still classified as active.It is normal practice to contact a sponsor if we have any concerns over any individuals they have sponsored or are seeking to sponsor...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: SponsorshipHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the guidance entitled Register of licensed sponsors: workers, published on 26 September 2025, how often her Department communicates with organisations on the register in relation to
Answer: Routine reviews of the register of licensed sponsors are undertaken to check that sponsors are still classified as active.It is normal practice to contact a sponsor if we have any concerns over any individuals they have sponsored or are seeking to sponsor...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: SponsorshipHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the guidance entitled Register of licensed sponsors: workers, published on 26 September 2025, how often her Department checks whether organisations on the register are still in opera
Answer: Routine reviews of the register of licensed sponsors are undertaken to check that sponsors are still classified as active.It is normal practice to contact a sponsor if we have any concerns over any individuals they have sponsored or are seeking to sponsor...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: Ministers of ReligionHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79855More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial requirements there are to be granted a work visa related to religious work.
Answer: The information regarding eligibility to sponsor religious workers or Ministers of Religion is not currently available from published statistics and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at dispro...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: Ministers of ReligionHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have dependent visas associated with a holder of a (a) Religious Worker and (b) Minister of Religion visa.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas by visa route, including Religious Worker, and applicant type in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the outcomes of visa applications are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of t...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: Ministers of ReligionHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what checks her Department undertakes to ensure that holders of (a) Religious Worker and (b) Minister of Religion visas are performing religious work.
Answer: The information regarding eligibility to sponsor religious workers or Ministers of Religion is not currently available from published statistics and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at dispro...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: Ministers of ReligionHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79852More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of UK visa holders on a work visa related to religious work who were granted indefinite leave to remain since 4 July 2024.
Answer: Migration Statistics publish annual figures on the number of grants of indefinite leave to remain (settlement) by category of leave sub-group in table SE_D01 of the Immigration system statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK publication.The available data re...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: Ministers of ReligionHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the guidance entitled Register of licensed sponsors: workers, published on 26 September 2025, how many organisations on the register are eligible to sponsor (a) Religious Worker and
Answer: The information regarding eligibility to sponsor religious workers or Ministers of Religion is not currently available from published statistics and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at dispro...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: Ministers of ReligionHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have a (a) Religious Worker and (b) Minister of Religion visa.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas by visa route, including Religious Worker, and applicant type in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the outcomes of visa applications are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of t...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant WorkersHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of people who (a) have indefinite leave to remain and (b) arrived in the UK on a skilled worker visa who work in an eligible profession.
Answer: The Home Office does not produce estimates of the total number of people who currently hold indefinite leave to remain (ILR) in the UK, and of those, who arrived on a Skilled Worker visa and are working in an eligible profession.Migration Statistics do no...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant WorkersHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people with indefinite leave to remain status are in full time employment.
Answer: The information requested is not centrally held.The Home Office publishes quarterly statistics relating to decisions on applications for Indefinite Leave to Remain, and those made through the EU Settlement Scheme, in the Immigration system statistics quar...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: SponsorshipHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79847More
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.
Answer: 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 disp...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: SponsorshipHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79846More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to to publish annual workforce totals for each organisation on the register of licensed sponsors (workers).
Answer: At present, there are no plans to publish this data, although we do keep such matters under review.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: SponsorshipHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to publish the number of visas sponsored by each organisation on the register of licensed sponsors (workers) since 2021.
Answer: Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, the resources required to compile the statistics, as well as quality and...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: Care WorkersHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79844More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who entered the UK on a social care work visa in each of the past ten years remain (a) in the UK and (b) working in social care.
Answer: The information requested is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordVisasHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79843More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the number of visas which have expired without (a) renewal, (b) transfer to another visa type and (c) acquiring indefinite leave to remain in each of the past five years
Answer: The Home Office publishes immigration statistics on a quarterly basis in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. The relevant data for this request could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproport...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care Boards: East of EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79842More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the difference in saving between (a) a clustered ICB and (b) an ICB merger, in the context of ICB re-organisation in the East of England.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) should engage with all other organisations within their integrated care partnership, including with local authorities, to ensure they are involved where there are boundary changes.Clustering ICBs remain separate organisations...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care Boards: East of EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79841More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish an impact assessment on the proposed creation of a Bedfordshire, Milton Keynes, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Hertfordshire ICB.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) should engage with all other organisations within their integrated care partnership, including with local authorities, to ensure they are involved where there are boundary changes.Clustering ICBs remain separate organisations...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care Boards: East of EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79840More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what engagement he has had with local authorities in Bedfordshire on plans for ICB re-organisation in the East of England.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) should engage with all other organisations within their integrated care partnership, including with local authorities, to ensure they are involved where there are boundary changes.Clustering ICBs remain separate organisations...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordResident Doctors: StrikesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the cost to (a) the NHS and (b) the public purse of the resident doctor strikes in 2025.
Answer: The five-day resident doctor strike in July 2025 had an estimated cost to the National Health Service of approximately £240 million and this was a starting estimate for the planned November strike. The costs were lower than in July 2024 as a result of low...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
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