Written Question·Home Office·UIN 72577

Catering: Skilled Workers

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025

Question

Gregory Stafford

ConservativeFarnham and Bordon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason chefs were removed from the Shortage Occupation List under the Skilled Worker visa route; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of that decision on (a) small and (b)

Answer

Mike Tapp
As set out in the Immigration White Paper ‘Restoring Control over the Immigration System’, published on 12 May, this Government’s approach is to link migration policy and visa controls to skills and labour market policies, so that immigration is not used ...

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