Migrant Workers
Commons · Question 112787 · Tabled 11 Feb 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the total number of people who have arrived to fulfil jobs on the Immigration Salary List (formerly the Shortage Occupation List), since 5 July 2024.
Answer
Answered by Mike Tapp, 23 Feb 2026
We are unable to estimate the number of workers with specific roles that have physically arrived to take up employment, but we do hold data on the numbers that have obtained visas with the intention of taking up a role.The Home Office publishes data on sp...