Care Workers: Migrant Workers
Commons · Question 62005 · Tabled 23 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 4 Aug 2025
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of people who entered the UK on a social care work visa in each of the past ten years who are (a) still in the UK and (b) still working in s
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 4 Aug 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, therefore, we are ...