Question follow-through · 36277
Scientists: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he has taken to encourage scientists to emigrate to the UK.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 6 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 11 Mar 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
6 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he has taken to encourage scientists to emigrate to the UK.
11 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Mar 2025
Answer published
The UK offers one of the strongest science bases in the world, with world-leading universities and research institutions, with opportunities in growing areas like quantum and AI. The UK’s immigration offer enables talented scientists, researchers and inno...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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