Written Question·Home Office·UIN 10328

Immigration Controls: Skilled Workers

Tabled: 21 October 2024
Answered: 29 October 2024

Question

Richard Tice

Reform UKBoston and Skegness

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the UK’s points-based immigration system in (a) reducing net migration and (b) attracting high-skilled workers.

Answer

Seema Malhotra
The Government is determined to bring down historically-high levels of legal migration and tackle the root causes behind it. To succeed in reducing net migration, we need to reduce our economy’s reliance on overseas workers. That is why the Government is ...

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