Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 83230

Skilled Workers: Visas

Tabled: 20 October 2025
Answered: 28 October 2025

Question

John McDonnell

LabourHayes and Harlington

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of the changes to income thresholds in the Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules, HC 997, published on 1 July 2025, on the number of people empl

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Department currently sponsors 26 staff on skilled worker visas.  As and when each sponsorship ends, we consider individuals on a case-by-case basis under the UK’s sponsorship rules.