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Visas: Sponsorship

Commons · Question 1443 · Tabled 14 May 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 19 May 2026

Question

Asked by Manuela Perteghella

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of access to the Certificate of Sponsorship priority service on (a) recruitment, (b) workforce capacity and (c) service provision in the care secto

Answer

Answered by Mike Tapp, 19 May 2026

The number of daily priority slots available has recently been increased to 120 requests per day, alongside a reduction in the service level agreement timescales for standard requests. In addition to this, organisations operating within the care sector ca...