Migrant Workers: Vetting — Written Question

Question

Dr Roz Savage

Liberal Democrat — South Cotswolds

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to strengthen the requirements for overseas criminal record checks for migrant care workers applying for sponsorship under the Health and Care Worker visa route.

Answer

Mike Tapp

We take the issue of preventing foreign criminals entering the UK extremely seriously.Overseas criminal record certificates are one of a number of checks undertaken to establish whether a person has committed any offences overseas.Visa applicants coming h...

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