Helen Whately MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Visas: Skilled WorkersHome OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117819More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the number and proportion of licensed sponsoring employers for (a) Skilled Worker visa holders and (b) Health and Care Worker visa holders registered in each local authority area.
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 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordVisas: Skilled WorkersHome OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117818More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the number and proportion of applicants granted (a) Skilled Worker visas and (b) Health and Care Worker visas whose declared workplace is located in each local authority area.
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 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordVisas: Skilled WorkersHome OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117817More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the number and proportion of people currently in the UK on (a) Skilled Worker visas and (b) Health and Care Worker visas by local authority area.
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 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMigrants: Means-tested BenefitsHome OfficeTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals granted Indefinite Leave to Remain since January 2025 had previously claimed means-tested benefits during their qualifying period of residency.
Answer: The information requested is not held in a reportable format and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost as it would require a manual trawl of case records to retrieve.
Answered 17 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordMigrants: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have had their No Recourse to Public Funds status withdrawn since July 2024, broken down by month.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on changes of conditions on GOV.UK within the Immigration and protection data: July to September 2025, available in tabs CoC_01 to CoC_07 of the Migration Transparency Data dataset.When an individual is considered for assess...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordOffensive Weapons: Animal WelfareHome OfficeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the potential merits of introducing (a) specific criminal offences and (b) criminal sanctions for
Answer: In view of the ongoing concerns about the misuse of catapults, especially against wildlife, I have written to Dan Zeichner MP, the relevant Minister in DEFRA, who has responsibility for the protection of animals and birds.
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOffensive Weapons: RegulationHome OfficeTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to review the regulation of (a) hand-held catapults and (b) slingshots with a wrist-brace attachment.
Answer: I have asked Home Office officials to keep the law in this area under review. There are existing powers available for the police to tackle the misuse of catapults for anti-social behaviour or against people or property.I understand that there is a particu...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
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