Question follow-through · 82948
Visas: Skilled Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her policy paper entitled Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules: HC 1333, published on 14 October 2025, whether she has made an estimate of the number of workers currently employ
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 17 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 27 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
17 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her policy paper entitled Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules: HC 1333, published on 14 October 2025, whether she has made an estimate of the number of workers currently employ
21 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Oct 2025
Answer published
The changes to the Immigration Rules in respect of English language requirements set out in HC1333 come into force on 8 January 2026 and do not affect the position of those given leave to remain as a Skilled Worker before that date. The changes to the Rul...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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