Written questions

Social Workers: Visas

Commons · Question 77553 · Tabled 16 Sep 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 17 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Cat Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many social workers are working in the UK on a (a) skilled workers visa and (b) health and care visa.

Answer

Answered by Mike Tapp, 17 Oct 2025

The Home Office publishes data on sponsored work visas by occupation in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release. Data on grants of visas are published in table ‘Occ_D02’ of the ‘sponsored work visas by occupation and industry dataset. Informa...