Migrant Workers: Health Professions

(asked on 23rd February 2021) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the (a) average and (b) longest time it has taken to (i) process a visa extension via the covid-19 auto-extension visa scheme and (ii) issue Biometric Residence Permit cards for eligible health professionals since March 2020.


Answered by
Kevin Foster Portrait
Kevin Foster
This question was answered on 1st March 2021

The information requested is not held in a publishable format and to gather it would attract a disproportionate cost.

The latest published migration statistics can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2020

The available published data shows the numbers of visas granted in each work route but does not provide any data on the specific numbers that have been granted on this scheme nor the number of Biometric Residence Permits issued by UKVI.

We are keeping all measures under review and we will continue to work closely with the DHSC to ensure individuals working in the health and care sector are fully supported.

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