Written questions

Visas: Skilled Workers

Commons · Question 96414 · Tabled 2 Dec 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 10 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by 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

Answered by Mike Tapp, 10 Dec 2025

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...