Written questions

Migrant Workers

Commons · Question 27637 · Tabled 7 Sep 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 14 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department applies any operational threshold for the proportion of sponsored workers employed by a sponsor when assessing compliance risk.

Answer

Answered by Jo White, 14 Sep 2026

Each Sponsor’s allocation of Certificates of Sponsorship is subject to an ‘eligible role’ assessment, which includes a consideration of the need and credibility of a particular role against the organisation’s profile. Genuineness checks are also undertake...