PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Migrant Workers: Visas (29 June 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of migrants entering the UK under the Tier 2 (General) route in the planned new points-based immigration system that will be new entrants rather than skilled workers.

Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)

The Impact Assessment for the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill included an assessment of the potential number of skilled workers that may be eligible under the new points-based immigration system. This included two illustrative scenarios for a potential increase in non-EU nationals eligible under a lower skill and salary threshold over the next five years. Estimates were provided for all skilled workers and not split by new entrant and experienced workers.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-bill-2020-overarching-documents

Answered by:
Chris Philp (Conservative)
7 July 2020