Written Question·Home Office·UIN 112787

Migrant Workers

Tabled: 11 February 2026

Answered: 23 February 2026

Named Day

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the total number of people who have arrived to fulfil jobs on the Immigration Salary List (formerly the Shortage Occupation List), since 5 July 2024.

Answer

Mike Tapp

We are unable to estimate the number of workers with specific roles that have physically arrived to take up employment, but we do hold data on the numbers that have obtained visas with the intention of taking up a role.The Home Office publishes data on sp...

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