Question follow-through · 10589

Migrant Workers: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to increase the salary threshold for skilled worker visas.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
22 Oct 2024
Target answer date
24 Oct 2024
Answer
30 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to increase the salary threshold for skilled worker visas.

  2. 24 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The Home Secretary confirmed on 30 July that we will be retaining the salary threshold increase brought in by the previous government. Further details can be found in her Written Ministerial Statement here: Written statements - Written questions, answers ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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