Question follow-through · 70604

Care Workers: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recommendations of the Thirty-Seventh Report of the Committee of Public Accounts of Session 2024-25 on Immigration: Skilled worker visas, HC 819 and pursuant to the Answer of

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
25 Sept 2025 · 27 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recommendations of the Thirty-Seventh Report of the Committee of Public Accounts of Session 2024-25 on Immigration: Skilled worker visas, HC 819 and pursuant to the Answer of

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 25 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The Government welcomes the Committee of Public Accounts’ report on skilled worker visas and will respond fully in due course.The Department is providing up to £12.5 million this financial year to 15 regional partnerships to help support international car...

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