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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...