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...