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Written question asked by John McDonnell (Labour) on Wednesday, 29 October 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 November 2025. It was answered by Mike Tapp (Labour) on Tuesday, 4 November 2025 on behalf of the Home Office.

Visas: Skilled Workers

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2025 to Question 83227 on Visas: Skilled Workers, what assessment she has made of the number of workers working under the skilled worker visa route who will find themselves ineligible to (a) extend their employment, (b) change employment and (c) apply for settled status in (i) 2026, (ii) 2027 and (iii) 2028, in the context of increases in income thresholds which came into effect on 22 July 2025.

Answer

Updates to the salary requirements on the route reflect the latest available UK pay data and do not contain any policy changes. We expect sponsored workers’ pay to progress similarly to other UK workers. Transitional arrangements exempt workers who are already in the Skilled Worker route from the increase to the skills threshold, however they will not be in place indefinitely and will be reviewed in due course.

It is our intention to publish an Impact Assessment at the earliest opportunity. A technical annex (www.gov.uk/government/publications/restoring-control-over-the-immigration-system-white-paper/restoring-control-over-the-immigration-system-technical-annex) was published alongside the Immigration White Paper setting out the impact of some of the key policy changes.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
86169
Session
2024-26
Related items
Restoring Control over the Immigration System
Monday, 12 May 2025
Command papers
House of Commons
House of Lords
Visas: Skilled Workers
Monday, 27 October 2025
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Visas Skilled workers
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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