Question follow-through · 61639

Social Services: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of social care workforce demand on levels of immigration in each of the last ten years.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
20 Jun 2025
Target answer date
24 Jun 2025
Answer
3 Jul 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of social care workforce demand on levels of immigration in each of the last ten years.

  2. 24 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    In February 2022, care workers became eligible for the Health and Care Visa and were added to the Shortage Occupation List. Senior care workers were added to the list of eligible occupations for the Health and Care Visa in January 2021.Published data on e...

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