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Written question asked by Neil Duncan-Jordan (Independent (affiliation)) on Friday, 30 May 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 3 June 2025. It was answered by Stephen Kinnock (Labour) on Tuesday, 2 September 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Care Workers: Migrant Workers

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the success rate was of each local partnership using the International Recruitment Fund in re-matching social care workers to new employers in the last 12 months.

Answer

In 2025/26, up to £12.5 million has been made available through the adult social care international recruitment fund for 15 regional and sub-regional partnerships to prevent and respond to exploitative practices of internationally recruited care staff. This builds on the £16 million made available in 2024/25. Between July 2024 and April 2025, approximately 16,700 people contacted the regional partnerships for support. To date, approximately 940 of these individuals have been supported into new employment, according to self-reported data provided by the regional partnerships. This data has not been independently verified by the Department or UK Visas and Immigration.

We have commissioned the National Institute for Health and Care Research’s Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce to undertake an independent evaluation of the 2024/25 international recruitment regional fund. We expect the final report of this evaluation to be published by King's College London in 2026.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
56034
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Migrant workers Care workers
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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