Written Question·Home Office·UIN 96414

Visas: Skilled Workers

Tabled: 2 December 2025

Answered: 10 December 2025

Question

Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of the recent visa reforms on workforce shortages in key sectors.

Answer

Mike Tapp

The Government’s approach is to link migration policy and visa controls to skills and labour market policies, so that immigration is not used as an alternative to training or tackling workforce problems in the UK. This approach will be important to enabli...

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