Question follow-through · 84749

General Practitioners: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the white paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, on the adequacy of (a) the suppl

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
23 Oct 2025
Target answer date
27 Oct 2025
Answer
13 Nov 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the white paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, on the adequacy of (a) the suppl

  2. 27 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    We are aware of the white paper and officials are considering the implications for the general practice workforce and for access to primary care services.Whilst we hugely value our international workforce and the skills and experience they bring, we are a...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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