Question follow-through · 76287
Prison Officers: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data the Government holds on the percentage of prison officers employed via the worker visa route.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 6 Oct 2025 · 26 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Immigration and borders
- Undocumented Migrants: Proof of Identity · 16 Oct 2025
- Immigration · 20 Nov 2025
- Immigration · 20 Nov 2025
- Immigration: Equality · 4 Dec 2025
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
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
10 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data the Government holds on the percentage of prison officers employed via the worker visa route.
15 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Oct 2025
Answer published
Published visa data is available at Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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