PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Visas: Skilled Workers (13 June 2018)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that businesses, including those in the manufacturing sector, can secure Certificates of Sponsorship to benefit from the talent of overseas workers.

Asked by:
Matt Western (Labour)

Changes to the Tier 2 visa route to allow more highly skilled doctors and nurses to come to the UK mean that as well as providing a boost to the NHS, it will also free up additional places within the cap for other highly skilled occupations, such as engineers, IT professionals and teachers.

Answered by:
Caroline Nokes (Conservative)
18 June 2018