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37th Report - Immigration: Skilled worker visas

Public Accounts Committee HC 819 Published 4 July 2025

Report Status

Government responded

Conclusions & Recommendations

40 items (6 recs)

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Government Response

AI assessment · 39 of 40 classified

Accepted 25

Acknowledged 3

Deferred 1

Not Addressed 3

Rejected 7

Government response

Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Thirty-seventh report from Session 2024-26 · published 15 Oct 2025

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Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

16 Conclusion Deferred

Home Office expanded care worker visas rapidly without completing a prior impact assessment.

Conclusion

The Home Office told us it had to respond quickly to the acute needs in the care sector workforce in the wake of the pandemic.36 Reflecting a report from the Migration Advisory Committee, which highlighted the need to temporarily develop … Read more

Government Response Summary

The government agrees with the observation and states it will write separately to the Committee on the specific point of the impact assessment, while also outlining DHSC's ongoing monitoring of the care workforce.

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