Social Services: Migrant Workers
Commons · Question 61639 · Tabled 20 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of social care workforce demand on levels of immigration in each of the last ten years.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 3 Jul 2025
In February 2022, care workers became eligible for the Health and Care Visa and were added to the Shortage Occupation List. Senior care workers were added to the list of eligible occupations for the Health and Care Visa in January 2021.Published data on e...