Question follow-through · 85017

NHS Business Services Authority: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff have been recruited from overseas into Digital, Data and Technology roles within the NHS Business Services Authority since January 2023.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
24 Oct 2025
Target answer date
28 Oct 2025
Answer
24 Nov 2025 · 31 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff have been recruited from overseas into Digital, Data and Technology roles within the NHS Business Services Authority since January 2023.

  2. 28 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Since January 2023, a total of 68 staff were recruited from overseas into Digital, Data and Technology roles, sponsored by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA) on a visa.The Digital, Data and Technology roles at the NHS BSA that were filled by ov...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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