Question follow-through · 31821
Department for Work and Pensions: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of workplace visa rules on staffing levels within her Department.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 21 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 27 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
21 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of workplace visa rules on staffing levels within her Department.
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Feb 2025
Answer published
Whilst the impact of changes to the Skilled Worker Salary threshold, introduced in April 2024, are affecting a very small proportion of staff within the Department, visa expiry and potential options for obtaining a future work visa are specific to individ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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