Written Question·Home Office·UIN 77555
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, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of linking salary requirements to NHS pay scales on overseas social workers with skilled worker visas employed by local authorities.
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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