Question follow-through · 88364
Prison Officers: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prison officers subject to dismissal following recent changes to Skilled Worker visa salary thresholds; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of those
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 5 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 12 Nov 2025 · 7 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
5 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prison officers subject to dismissal following recent changes to Skilled Worker visa salary thresholds; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of those
12 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Nov 2025
Answer published
We are clear that net migration as a whole must come down after quadrupling in recent years as we replace Britain’s failed immigration system with one that is controlled, selective and fair.Assessments of the number of individuals subject to dismissal fol...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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