Question follow-through · 57257

Hospitality Industry: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK leaving the EU on availability of workforce in the Scottish hospitality sector.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
4 Jun 2025
Target answer date
9 Jun 2025
Answer
9 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK leaving the EU on availability of workforce in the Scottish hospitality sector.

  2. 9 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    Government values the contribution that legal migration makes to the UK, not least to important sectors of the Scottish economy such as hospitality.While there has been no specific assessment, there were around 226,000 people working in hospitality in Sco...

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