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Migrant Workers: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the average workforce size of businesses that are eligible to sponsor worker visas.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
18 Dec 2025
Target answer date
5 Jan 2026
Answer
5 Jan 2026 · 18 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the average workforce size of businesses that are eligible to sponsor worker visas.

  2. 5 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    Any UK business can apply for a sponsor licence, provided they comply with relevant requirements. Of the businesses listed on the register of licenced sponsors, the vast majority are Small and Medium-sized enterprises.This Government will continue to redu...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Visas: Divorced People

2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department monitors divorce filings to check visa compliance for family visa holders.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Visas: Sponsorship

2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled Record numbers of visa sponsor licences revoked for rule breaking, published on 11 September 2025, how many of those license revocations resulted in visa h

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Visas: Ministers of Religion

2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the average number of dependent visas sponsored by Minister of Religion visa holders.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Undocumented Workers: Employees' Contributions

2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigrants found to have been working illegally since 2020 have been making National Insurance payments.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Visas: Sponsorship

2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa-sponsoring organisations are B-rated; and how many visas those organisations sponsored as of October 2025.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Visas: Sponsorship

2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of organisations on the register of licensed sponsors have sponsored visas a) in the last 10 years and b) since 4 July 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Visas: Sponsorship

2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa sponsors have been a) suspended, b) revoked and c) issued with a warning since 4 July 2024 by i) visa route and ii) month.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Visas: Sponsorship

2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil penalties have been issued to employers sponsoring workers under work-related visa routes since 4 July 2024 by a) visa route and b) sector.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Migrant Workers: Exploitation

2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of (a) suspected and (b) confirmed exploitation involving holders of work-related visas have been recorded since 4 July 2024 by (i) visa route and (ii) month.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Migrant Workers

2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the a) number and b) proportion of dependent visa holders who are employed.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Undocumented Workers: Deportation

8 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer to written question 78022, what proportion of the 7,130 arrests have resulted in one or more deportations since 5 July 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Visas: Overseas Students

8 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of higher education providers require Student Visa applicants to prove their knowledge of English before issuing a Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies.