Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2023 to question 196237 on Schools: Migrant Workers, how the Immigration Skills Charge (ISC) is used to maintain (a) her Department's skills budget and (b) investment in skills in England.

As set out in the response to written parliamentary questions 196237 and 196238, the department does not receive a hypothecated budget for the Immigration Skills Charge (ISC) and does not therefore maintain a list of individual projects in this way.

The amount of funding generated by the charge will depend on employer use of the skilled worker route. While the income raised is not additional funding for skills, the ISC is helping to maintain the department’s existing skills budget and existing level of investment in adult skills in England.

Receipts from ISC are paid to the exchequer and taken into consideration when allocating funds for skills provision in England. These can be found in the Home Office's annual report and accounts.