Question follow-through · 117237
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in her Department are reliant on a visa for employment.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 5 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 11 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
3 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in her Department are reliant on a visa for employment.
5 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Mar 2026
Answer published
The requested data is not held centrally in a reportable format.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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