Question follow-through · 72577
Catering: Skilled Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason chefs were removed from the Shortage Occupation List under the Skilled Worker visa route; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of that decision on (a) small and (b)
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 16 Sept 2025 · 18 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
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason chefs were removed from the Shortage Occupation List under the Skilled Worker visa route; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of that decision on (a) small and (b)
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
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16 Sept 2025
Answer published
As set out in the Immigration White Paper ‘Restoring Control over the Immigration System’, published on 12 May, this Government’s approach is to link migration policy and visa controls to skills and labour market policies, so that immigration is not used ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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