Written Question·Home Office·UIN 77554
Social Workers: Visas
Tabled: 16 September 2025
Answered: 17 October 2025
Question
Cat Smith
Labour — Lancaster and Wyre
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason she decided to use NHS pay bands instead of local authority pay bands when determining income requirements for overseas social workers applying for a skilled workers visa.
Answer
Mike TappWe use Office for National Statistics (ONS) data to set salary requirements for occupations, except where a national pay scale exists. In the case of social workers, the NHS Agenda for Change is the only available national scale, as Local Authority rates ...
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