Question follow-through · 1305

Care Workers: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the eligibility criteria for the Health and Care Worker visa on the ability of social care employers to recruit staff.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 23 Jul 2024
Target answer date: 25 Jul 2024
Answer: 30 Jul 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline

23 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the eligibility criteria for the Health and Care Worker visa on the ability of social care employers to recruit staff.
25 Jul 2024
Target answer date
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30 Jul 2024
Answer published
The Department does not intend to make a specific assessment of the impact of the eligibility criteria on the ability of social care employers to recruit staff. The Government will continue to monitor workforce capacity in the sector closely, including th...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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