Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 55436
Migrant Workers: Recruitment
Tabled: 30 May 2025
Answered: 16 June 2025
Question
Ben Obese-Jecty
Conservative — Huntingdon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of restricting access to overseas recruitment on levels of recruitment from the in-country redeployment pool.
Answer
Stephen KinnockThe care worker route has seen unacceptable levels of abuse and exploitation; between July 2022 and December 2024, the Home Office revoked over 470 sponsor licences, impacting approximately 40,000 workers in the care sector.Although overseas recruitment i...
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