Written Question·Home Office·UIN 68204

Visas: Life Sciences

Tabled: 15 July 2025
Answered: 23 July 2025

Question

Dr Scott Arthur

LabourEdinburgh South West

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure the biomedical sector has (a) efficient and (b) cost-effective visa routes for attracting world-leading scientists to the UK.

Answer

Seema Malhotra
The Home office’s Immigration White paper, published on 12 May, sets our proposed reforms in a wide range of areas including attracting top scientific talent to the UK, further details of which will be set out in due course.