Written Question·Home Office·UIN 907061

Migrant Workers: Visas

Tabled: 18 December 2025

Answered: 5 January 2026

Named Day

Question

Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the average workforce size of businesses that are eligible to sponsor worker visas.

Answer

Mike Tapp

Any UK business can apply for a sponsor licence, provided they comply with relevant requirements. Of the businesses listed on the register of licenced sponsors, the vast majority are Small and Medium-sized enterprises.This Government will continue to redu...

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