Catering: Skilled Workers
Commons · Question 72577 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 16 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Stafford
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason chefs were removed from the Shortage Occupation List under the Skilled Worker visa route; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of that decision on (a) small and (b)
Answer
Answered by Mike Tapp, 16 Sep 2025
As set out in the Immigration White Paper ‘Restoring Control over the Immigration System’, published on 12 May, this Government’s approach is to link migration policy and visa controls to skills and labour market policies, so that immigration is not used ...