Question follow-through · 68831
Visas: Skilled Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made with Cabinet colleagues of how many (a) prison service, (b) DWP and (c) general civil service staff members with Skilled Worker visas will lose their visa eligibility due to
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 17 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 22 Jul 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made with Cabinet colleagues of how many (a) prison service, (b) DWP and (c) general civil service staff members with Skilled Worker visas will lose their visa eligibility due to
22 Jul 2025
Target answer date
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22 Jul 2025
Answer published
Under the current transitional arrangements, existing Skilled Worker visa holders are exempt from the changes to the skills threshold introduced on 22 July and can continue to extend in their current occupations.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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