Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 82562

Social Services: Visas

Tabled: 15 October 2025

Answered: 22 October 2025

Named Day

Question

Seamus Logan

Scottish National Party — Aberdeenshire North and Moray East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of closure of the social care visa route on the availability of staff in the social care sector.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

In the technical annex published alongside the Immigration White Paper on 12 May 2025, the Home Office has estimated an annual reduction of approximately 7,000 main visa applicants as a result of ending overseas recruitment for care workers and senior car...

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