Department for Transport: Visas

(asked on 2nd March 2026) - View Source
Questioner
John Hayes Portrait
John Hayes
(Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff within her Department are reliant on a visa for employment.

Answered by
Simon Lightwood Portrait
Simon Lightwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 9th March 2026

The Department for Transport (central) currently sponsors visas for 33 skilled workers and has an additional 19 employees working on other visa types.

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