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Written question asked by Stuart C McDonald (Scottish National Party) on Friday, 2 September 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 7 September 2022 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Wednesday, 7 September 2022. A substantive answer was provided by Tom Pursglove (Conservative) on Wednesday, 7 September 2022 on behalf of the Home Office.


Care Workers: Visas

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have entered the UK on the new Health and Social Care Visa as (a) care workers and home carers and (b) senior care workers since that visa was introduced in August 2020.

Answer

The Home Office publishes data on visas in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’.

Data on the number of granted applications regarding the Health and Care visa are published in table Vis_D02 of the entry clearance visas applications and outcomes dataset.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
45193
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Migrant workers Visas Care workers
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk